Classic sourcebook of spectacular royalty-free design collages, featuring over 1,500 decorative elements and motifs from major cultures in history through the 19th century, from Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas. Adapted from jewelry, illuminated manuscripts, weapons, tiles, carved wood panels, ceilings, inlay, hardware, ceramics and more.
Treasury of Historic Pattern and Design by J. Engelhorn 480 illustrations — 58 in color — presenting designs primarily of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, taken from silk fabrics, carpets, embroideries, robes, paper hangings, wall paintings, and other decorative arts.
Victorian Sourcebook of Medieval Decoration: With 166 Full-Color Designs by W. & G. Audsley Meticulously reproduced motifs from rare 1882 edition. Diaper patterns, moldings, bands and borders, floral and foliate designs, illuminated initials, much more. Royalty-free. Introduction. Notes.
Treasury of Historic Folk Ornament in Full Color by Helmuth Theodor Bossert Over 700 attractive designs, spanning a broad range of historical periods and cultures, include examples of decorative artwork derived from textiles, pottery, clothing, masks, tapestries, and other original sources.
Handbook of Historic Ornament by Ernst Rettelbusch Over 1,200 ornamental and decorative designs from five millennia — including examples from Assyrian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Nordic, Chinese, Japanese, and other cultures and from European Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and French Empire periods. 254 plates.
361 Full-Color Allover Patterns for Artists and Craftspeople by Carol Belanger Grafton These royalty-free full-color allover patterns include numerous subjects and styles from 15th-century through 20th-century sources — geometrics, florals and foliates, animal and nature motifs, other decorative repeat patterns.
1500 Decorative Ornaments CD-ROM and Book by Dover Hundreds of attractive black-and-white designs from all periods and styles — from Renaissance and Baroque to Art Deco and Geometric. Miniature flowers and leaves, everyday objects, holiday, and other decorative elements.
The Complete "Chinese Ornament": All 100 Color Plates by Owen Jones From one of the most beautiful books on the decorative arts ever published: reproductions of classic full-color renderings by the great Victorian designer of design elements in Chinese porcelain and cloisonné antiquities.
