Since the early 1990s there has been a great revival in the popularity of interior decoration using historical ornamental forms. The Practical Decoratorand Ornamentist, published in 1892 by George A. and Maurice A. Audsley, and here republished in a newly-prepared edition, was in its day one of the best-known collections of ornamental designs. In contrast to previous new editions of the Audsley's pattern-books, the present volume does not confine itself to reproducing their designs, but also provides a commentary based on the Audsleys' own explanatory text.