Silks, plaids, knits, tartans, jacquards, and more — 200 different cloth-based pattern designs offer seamless solutions for backgrounds, wallpaper, and other tileable images. Each pattern can add dramatic depth and complexity to even the most basic design projects. Plus the book includes an inspiring Gallery section and tutorials. Dover Original.
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Image File Information: Includes 200 royalty-free images (50 different tileable patterns, each provided in four different colors or textures) saved in JPEG format. These images can be used to create continuous backgrounds in a variety of software applications. In addition, the full-color illustrations in the Gallery section are saved as 300-dpi JPEG files.
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Repeatable Backgrounds: Geometric and Abstract Patterns CD-ROM and Book by Alan Weller Squares, polygons, swirling lines, and geometrics: this remarkable resource offers 200 different tileable patterns for uninterrupted backgrounds, wallpaper, and more. Plus, an 8-page tutorial section offers step-by-step instructions and inspiration.
Repeatable Backgrounds: Wood, Brick, Tile and Stone Textures CD-ROM and Book by Alan Weller A wonderful way to kick off thousands of successful and seamless designs: visually tactile patterns of brick work, floor tiles, and wood grains. Includes 200 different tileable patterns plus an 8-page tutorial section.
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.
376 Decorative Allover Patterns from Historic Tilework and Textiles by Charles Cahier, Arthur Martin Magnificent, rare collection based on faithful reproductions of patterns dating from Middle Ages, Renaissance, late European and Islamic cultures. Florals, animals, birds, geometrics.
Full-Color Allover Patterns CD-ROM and Book by Dover Vibrant treasury of 141 dazzling royalty-free designs: colorful geometrics, florals and foliates, animal and nature motifs, and more. Ideal for use in designing catalogs, book covers, stationery, greeting cards, and other projects.
Geometric Allover Patterns by Ian O. Angell 46 striking geometric lattice designs drawn by a computer using sets of lines and arcs based on beautiful, centuries-old patterns. Crisp black-and-white illustrations can be used singly or in handsome combinations.
Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design by J. Bourgoin Intricate overall patterns based on hexagon, octagon, geometric figures, rosettes, much more from traditional sources. 200 plates.
Art Deco Decorative Patterns in Full Color by Christian Stoll Reprinted from a rare 1910 portfolio, 160 sensuous and exotic images depict a breathtaking array of florals, geometrics, and abstracts — all elegant in their stark simplicity.
Art Nouveau Animal Designs and Patterns: 60 Plates in Full Color by M. P. Verneuil Magnificent collection includes not only appealing shapes of graceful swans, peacocks, and dolphins but also those creatures seldom associated with beauty and ornamentation: bats, mice, lizards, insects, and other forms of animal life.
Background Patterns, Textures and Tints by Clarence P. Hornung 92 grids, lattices, plaids, dot fields, meshes, moiré patterns, tweeds, brickworks, herringbones, rule fields, woodgrains, and much more.
Decorative Patterns from Historic Sources by James Spero Portfolio of 181 black-and-white patterns — medieval to Renaissance — from a rare 19th-century portfolio: floor tiles, mosaics, textile designs, more.
Designs and Patterns from Historic Ornament by W. and G. Audsley Borders, diapers, patterns from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Japan, Persia, Medieval Europe, more. Over 250 illustrations.
Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs CD-ROM and Book by René Beauclair Flowers, vines, leaves, and other lovely natural forms abound in this gallery of 132 brightly colored motifs, all meticulously reproduced from a rare European publication of the early 20th century.
Full-Color Decorative Repeat Patterns CD-ROM and Book by Judy Williams Ideal for a wide array of art and craft projects, these 64 patterns, each in three different color variations, depict florals, paisleys, geometrics, and other appealing shapes.
Geometric Patterns and Designs for Artists and Craftspeople by Wil Stegenga For immediate use — more than 260 high-impact, royalty-free designs that exploit the dramatic potential of angular forms, interlacing circles, and pleasant symmetries.
Patterns and Designs from the Twenties in Full Color by Ad. & M. P. Verneuil Reprinted from a rare portfolio of abstract design published in Paris in the 1920s: 87 designs that reflect the emergence of the Art Deco aesthetic, in a variety of useful shapes and sizes. Royalty-free.
Sonia Delaunay Patterns and Designs in Full Color by Sonia Delaunay 96 vivid creations by leading avant-garde artist, reproduced directly from two rare portfolios. Revolutionary designs for textiles, women's fashions, theatrical costumes, sets, 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.
