From a rare sourcebook: more than 250 superb designs depicting decorative letters, elaborate floral borders, body type, and delicate woodcut illustrations. Together with a smaller selection of full-color designs once used in wallpaper, tapestries and other domestic accessories, the handsome motifs offer a vast storehouse of ideas. 291 designs, 40 in full color. Dover Original.
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Arts and Crafts Designs CD-ROM and Book by Marty Noble Striking collection of designs, rendered from textile and wallpaper motifs, vases, and other authentic sources, includes images of lovely florals, garlands of flowers, and wildlife that adorned decorative bowls. 231 black-and-white illustrations.
Historic Textile Designs CD-ROM and Book by M. Dupont-Auberville Faithfully reproduced from a valuable portfolio, over 200 designs celebrate a vast spectrum of textile traditions. From ancient Egypt to 18th-century France, full-color motifs feature mythological figures, harvest scenes, foliates, geometric elements, winding leaves, more.
Owen Jones Decorative Borders CD-ROM and Book by Owen Jones Treasury of 227 of the great Victorian designer's colorful borders, panels, and initials from The Book of Common Prayer, The Psalms of David, and Lockhart's Spanish Ballads.
Redouté Flowers and Fruits CD-ROM and Book by Pierre-Joseph Redouté Exquisite collection by the most celebrated artist in the history of botanical art includes 184 meticulous reproductions of original watercolors: lilies, tulips, roses, cherries, crocus, and other plants.
