Hundreds of attractive royalty-free designs from all periods and styles — from Renaissance and Baroque to Art Deco and Geometric. The virtually inexhaustible supply of dynamic, black-and-white graphic devices includes elegantly rendered miniature flowers and leaves, everyday objects, holiday and abstract motifs, classical designs, and other decorative elements. Dover Original.
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Calligraphic Ornaments CD-ROM and Book by Dover Add a note of elegance to countless graphic arts and crafts projects with 166 black-and-white designs depicting lovely swirls and curlicues reminiscent of 18th-century pen flourishes.
Celtic Designs CD-ROM and Book by Dover Intriguing archive of 96 different black-and-white designs features the sinuous interlacements, stylized mythical creatures, abstracts, geometrics, and other elements that give Celtic art its unique distinction.
Egyptian Designs CD-ROM and Book by Dover This comprehensive collection contains over 370 striking black-and-white motifs, including gods and pharaohs (all identified), plants and animals, half-human figures, mythical creatures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and much more.
Historic Ornaments and Designs CD-ROM and Book by Dover Elegant motifs, spanning over 6,000 years of design traditions, range from primitive tribal art and pottery to intricate French Renaissance metalwork. 657 black-and-white illustrations.
922 Decorative Vector Ornaments CD-ROM and Book by Carol Belanger Grafton This collection features 922 versatile Vector-based borders, cartouches, scrolls, and spot illustrations, derived from many sources, including Greek vases, Byzantine mosaics, German wood carvings and ironwork, and Persian tiles.
539 Designs and Motifs CD-ROM and Book by James J. O'Kane A complete library of ready-to-use ornaments, this feast of black-and-white graphics offers circles, squares, corner pieces, borders, and more. Visuals feature plants, birds, fish, and both simple and intricate line drawings.
1268 Old-Time Cuts and Ornaments CD-ROM and Book by Blanche Cirker An ideal sourcebook for artists and designers, this profusion of designs from a rare 19th-century catalog covers an enormous range of subjects — from fruits, plants, animals, and playing cards to angels, sailing vessels, household furnishings, and clothing items.
Decorative Antique Ironwork by Henry R. d’Allemagne Drawn from a rare 1924 source by a noted scholar, over 4,500 outstanding examples of antique ironwork run the gamut from door knockers and grilles to jewelry and religious symbols.
440 Ornamental Designs CD-ROM and Book by Dover This collection of 440 royalty-free designs includes a wealth of floral and foliated elements, scrollwork, cartouches, grotesques, cherubs, and mythical figures that will enliven any project.
French Decorative Designs by P. Planat 171 full-color Gallic glories — borders, florals, panels, pilasters, cornices, and more architectural and ornamental images — in an incredible variety of styles: Byzantine, Roman, Gothic, and Renaissance.
Treasury of Nineteenth-Century Ornamental Metalwork by Jules Decker 1,000 prime examples of French metal masterworks, painstakingly reproduced. Weather vanes, tiles, waterspouts, trims, basins, cane tips, pike heads, and more offer a wealth of inspiration and historical accuracy.
Medieval Ornament and Design by Jules Gailhabaud Encompassing a broad range of architectural styles and elements, this impressive sourcebook contains 200 striking illustrations — from decorative panels and gawking gargoyles to exquisite stained glass and ironwork designs.
French Decorative Designs of the 18th Century CD-ROM and Book by Édouard Bajot Detailed borders, cartouches, and other configurations — enhanced with real and legendary beasts, scrolling curves, floral motifs, and more — will convey a timeless elegance in craft and graphic projects. 209 black-and-white illustrations.
476 Decorative Designs CD-ROM and Book by John Leighton Reproduced from Leighton's monumental Suggestions in Design — more than 450 black-and-white selections from a rare original sourcebook depict decorative images of ornamental ironwork and blazonry, florals, and human and mythical figures.
660 Typographic Ornaments CD-ROM and Book by Dover Old-time ornaments and designs, reproduced from rare, turn-of-the-century printers' catalogs, include hundreds of elegant, black-and-white floral spot illustrations and charming figurative illustrations.
Ornamental Scrolls and Cartouches CD-ROM and Book by Syracuse Ornamental Company Fine selection of plates from rare catalog depict wood carvings, mouldings, and furniture trimmings. Includes 538 black-and-white illustrations of borders, garlands, and other decorative elements, ideal for use by artists, designers, woodworkers, and craftspeople.
Geometric Ornaments and Designs CD-ROM and Book by Dover These 281 dazzling, royalty-free, black-and-white designs based on polygons, squares, triangles, circles, and other shapes represent a rich variety of styles — from Op Art to folk art.
Baroque Ornament CD-ROM and Book by Jacques Stella Choose from a lush array of individual decorations, rosettes, and borders. Reproduced from rare sources, these 188 black-and-white engravings feature florals and foliates, fruit, birds, shells, and other dazzling images.
1100 Decorative French Ironwork Designs by Denonvilliers Co. Hundreds of finely detailed illustrations of garden seats, candelabras, moldings, gates, balcony grilles, vases, crosses, funerary ornaments and monuments, finials, doorknobs and many other ornamental features.
Decorative French Ironwork Designs by Louis Blanc Over 1,500 attractive black-and-white illustrations — drawn from balconies, gates, grilles, stair railings, and elsewhere — incorporate floral and foliate designs, human and animal figures, musical motifs, heraldic crests, mythological figures, geometrics, more.
Ornamental Ironwork: Over 670 Illustrations by A. Durenne Finely detailed decorative ironwork designs for balconies, gates, window grilles, staircases, doorways, and other architectural features provide royalty-free material for graphic artists, designers, and craftworkers.
Art Deco Decorative Ironwork by Henri Clouzot 320 dazzling examples of architectural ornamentation by internationally renowned designers: grilles, gates, lamps, balustrades, chandeliers, fireplace screens, mirrors, and more. A visual feast for artists, craftspeople, and Art Deco fans.
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.
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.
Ornamental French Hardware Designs by Carol Belanger Grafton Reprinted from a rare 19th-century catalog: over 800 authentic examples of period hardware — from doorknobs to staircase pilasters — marketed by a Parisian firm specializing in metalwork for buildings.
Medieval Ornament: 950 Illustrations by Karl Alexander von Heideloff Pictorial archive of precisely detailed engravings of architectural elements — doors, windows, moldings, statuary, decorative stonework, columns, pedestals, rosettes and more — mostly from German Gothic churches.
Art Deco Ornamental Ironwork by Henri Martinie Nearly 200 beautiful examples of wrought iron gates, screens, balustrades and other architectural adornments.
Medieval Russian Ornament in Full Color: From Illuminated Manuscripts by Moscow Museum of Art Over 1,000 motifs reprinted from a rare book of design first published in France in 1870. Ornate Cyrillic and Greek letters, corners, borders, page heads, and more as they appeared in illuminated Russian manuscripts.
Treasury of Ironwork Designs: 469 Examples from Historical Sources by Carol Belanger Grafton Elaborately wrought designs for gates, fences, finials, banisters, window grilles, bedsteads, cathedral screens, other architectural and decorative appointments, Gothic to Art Nouveau — meticulously rendered in black-and-white drawings reprinted from vintage publications.
Heraldry: A Pictorial Archive for Artists and Designers by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies Royalty-free treasury of 393 full-color, 654 black-and-white illustrations: heraldic arms, windows, lions, eagles, dragons, shields, crests, etc. Add medieval romance to any graphic project.
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.
Racinet’s Historic Ornament in Full Color by Auguste Racinet The 19th-century French illustrator's classic reference to the decorative ornament of history's major cultures; over 2,000 royalty-free motifs in 100 beautiful full-color plates.
Art Nouveau Decorative Ironwork by Theodore Menten This classic work explores the full range of Art Nouveau ironwork. It includes 137 photographic illustrations of railings, gates, balconies, doorways, staircases, and much more.
