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Over 50 books, many with hundreds of rare and unusual images, stencils and drawing for the amateur and professional designer to include in their next project.
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 Dragons: A Book of Designs
by Marty Noble
Striking images of original renderings based on motifs from fairy tale collections, medieval French and Celtic manuscripts, Japanese and Chinese artwork, and more. 125 black-and-white designs.
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| |  Celtic and Old Norse Designs
by Courtney Davis
125 versatile, royalty-free designs adapted from ancient artwork: birds, human figures, mythological creatures, interwoven patterns, and other motifs. A wealth of dramatic ornamentation for craftworkers, designers, and artists.
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 Decorative Flower and Leaf Designs
by Richard Hofmann
Rich selection of 124 stylized designs from rare German collection includes lush blossoms, tropical fruits, graceful foliage. Low-cost royalty-free motifs for textiles, surface decoration, more.
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| |  Art Nouveau Motifs and Vignettes
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Over 300 royalty-free Art Nouveau graphics, from simple medallions and borders to elaborate panels and vignettes, selected from authentic period sources. Publisher's Note.
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| Products in Dover Design Library | | |  | 159 Celtic Designs
by Amy Lusebrink
Over 150 motifs reflecting the intricacies of Celtic design, ideal for use in graphics layouts, needlework designs, art projects. Includes animal, floral, and abstract motifs clearly drawn for sharp reproduction.
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|  | 250 Stencil Designs from India
by K. Prakash
Authentic royalty-free designs include animal and floral motifs, paisleys, geometrics, border elements, spot illustrations, more. Ideal for textile design, home and furniture decoration, many other projects.
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|  | 261 North American Indian Designs
by Madeleine Orban-Szontagh
Clearly drawn royalty-free illustrations based on authentic design motifs of Sioux, Blackfoot, Apache, Cheyenne, other tribes. Abstract and floral motifs, human, animal and mythical figures. Ideal for many art and craft purposes.
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|  | Ancient Greek Designs
by Marty Noble
110 royalty-free illustrations adapted from ancient Greek vases, votive reliefs, and other authentic sources. Decorative images depict Grecian women, gods and goddesses, warriors, weapons, mythical figures, bacchantes, musical instruments, and more.
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|  | Ancient Mexican Designs
by Gregory Mirow
240 meticulously reproduced motifs from the pre-Columbian world include Aztec calendars, animals, mythological characters, scores of other striking images — from codices, Maya hieroglyphs, mask panels, Olmec pottery figures, more. Royalty free.
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|  | Arabic Designs
by Gregory Mirow
Scores of elegant motifs, among them florals from ancient Persian fabrics, star-shaped 13th-century tiles from Iran, and a detail from a painting of Mecca and Medina. 165 black-and-white designs.
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|  | Art Nouveau Designs
by Ed Sibbett, Jr.
39 plates — including one two-page spread — show renderings of work by Mucha, Beardsley, Grasset, and others.
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|  | Art Nouveau Figurative Designs
by Alphonse Marie Mucha, Jr., Ed Sibbett, Jr.
Thirty-seven renderings by Ed Sibbett, Jr., of Alphonse Mucha's spectacularly sensuous designs. Art Nouveau nymphs and goddesses, highly designed borders, stars, exotic ornaments. Printed in brown ink to capture originals.
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| | Art Nouveau Motifs and Vignettes
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Over 300 royalty-free Art Nouveau graphics, from simple medallions and borders to elaborate panels and vignettes, selected from authentic period sources. Publisher's Note.
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|  | Authentic Chinese Cut-Paper Designs
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Rich anthology of nearly 200 black-and-white motifs includes pandas, bamboo, cranes, dragons, peacocks, florals, landscapes, and many other traditional images in stylized, whimsical renderings. Royalty-free.
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|  | Authentic Turkish Designs
by Azade Akar
Superb collection of 264 black-and-white illustrations — plant and animal motifs, chain patterns, geometrics, borders, calligraphy, and more — all from authentic sources.
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|  | Aztec Designs
by Wilson G. Turner
Derived from ceramics, statues, books, and other priceless artifacts, these 42 brilliant renderings of authentic Aztec designs depict both secular and sacred activities. Brief captions identify each image.
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|  | Baroque Ornament and Designs
by Jacques Stella
Royalty-free architectural ornaments, decorative motifs and border elements, engraved after drawings by l7th-century French artist. 46 illustrations.
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|  | Celtic Designs and Motifs
by Courtney Davis
Over 100 Celtic motifs, both abstract and pictorial, have been adapted from authentic Celtic sources and include full- and half-page rectangles, triangles, circles, frames, borders, corners, and medallions.
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| | Celtic and Old Norse Designs
by Courtney Davis
125 versatile, royalty-free designs adapted from ancient artwork: birds, human figures, mythological creatures, interwoven patterns, and other motifs. A wealth of dramatic ornamentation for craftworkers, designers, and artists.
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|  | Cupids, Cherubs and Nymphs
by Marty Noble
Appealing illustrations of airborne cherubs entwined in a floral wreath, playing musical instruments, holding flowers, gathering fruits of the sea, and more. 125 black-and-white illustrations.
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| | Decorative Flower and Leaf Designs
by Richard Hofmann
Rich selection of 124 stylized designs from rare German collection includes lush blossoms, tropical fruits, graceful foliage. Low-cost royalty-free motifs for textiles, surface decoration, more.
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|  | 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.
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| | Dragons: A Book of Designs
by Marty Noble
Striking images of original renderings based on motifs from fairy tale collections, medieval French and Celtic manuscripts, Japanese and Chinese artwork, and more. 125 black-and-white designs.
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|  | Egyptian Designs
by Carol Belanger Grafton
371 illustrations adapted from Egyptian sources, depicting gods and pharaohs, priests and priestesses, ordinary people, plants and animals, scenes of state occasion, battle, funerary custom, domestic life, and more.
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