Gertrude Jekyll; Christopher Hussey — Garden Ornament

London, Country Life, 1927. Cloth. The second and popular revised edition of a copiously illustrated picture book on ideas for using ornaments to frame gardens, co-written by a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement. The second and revised edition of Garden Ornament, a copiously illustrated picture book of garden design and landscaping ideas, written by British garden writer and designer Gertrude Jekyll, and architectural historian Christopher Hussey. Published in 1927, first published in 1918.In the publisher's decorative original green cloth. Contains photographs of various design features throughout.Rather than wishing to educate readers on how to ornament their gardens, Jekyll and Hussey offer them various illustrated examples of how ornaments can beautifully frame gardens. This revised edition contains fresh descriptions and numerous retaken photographs which make it a more popular work than the original.As a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement, Jekyll's choices emphasise aesthetic beauty. In the publisher's decorative original green cloth. Externally, the odd mark and graze to boards, with minor rubbing to edges and joints, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Marble end papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with slight browning to first and final leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Unknown. Very Good .