| Products in Pictorial Archive |  | | |  | Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico
by Jorge Enciso
This catalog of ancient motifs contains over 760 vigorous, powerful, stark designs from pre-Columbian clay stamps made by Aztecs, Maya, Zapotecs, Toltec, Olmec, Mixtec. Depictions of serpents, gods, priests, dancers, florals, geometrics, more.
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|  | Designs and Motifs from India
by Marty Noble
Incredibly rich treasury of more than 200 traditional designs, developed by Indian artists over thousands of years. Exquisite adaptations from authentic embroideries and fabrics, pottery, mosaics, illuminated manuscripts, and other sources.
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|  | Designs and Patterns for Embroiderers and Craftspeople
by William Briggs & Co., Marion Nichols
Over 500 royalty-free motifs reproduced from finest Victorian source, classified according to type. Wide variety of flowers, greenery, sprays, butterflies, owls, insects, more. Large and small motifs as well as borders.
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| |  | Designs from Pre-Columbian Mexico
by Jorge Enciso
300 bold, rhythmic circle designs, originally incorporated on small clay spindle weights, depicting man-like deities, animals both real and fantastic, reptiles, birds, flowers, masks, geometrical figures, wheels, foliage, maze-like patterns, and frets.
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|  | Devils, Demons, and Witchcraft: 244 Illustrations for Artists
by Ernst and Johanna Lehner
244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Ancient Egypt to 1913. Fascinating graphics depict demons, witches, and warlocks, more. Works by Dürer, Cranach, Holbein, Rembrandt, others.
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|  | Dictionary of American Portraits
by Hayward Cirker, Blanche Cirker
Four thousand important Americans, earliest times to 1905, in authentic contemporary likenesses. Politicians, writers, soldiers, scientists, inventors, industrialists, Indians, African-Americans, women, educators, etc. 8,000-item classified index.
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|  | A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern
by Mary Brooks Picken
Compendium defines over 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion. From bateau necklines to trilbys and vamps, words are grouped alphabetically according to dress parts, fabrics, and other style categories. Over 750 illustrations.
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|  | A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, Vol. 1
by Denis Diderot
First paperbound edition of 485 remarkable plates (over 2,000 illustrations) that accompanied landmark work of the Enlightenment. Royalty-free images depict agriculture, military science, metalwork, mining, textile manufacture, masonry, carpentry, more.
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|  | Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, Vol. 2
by Denis Diderot
First paperbound edition of 485 remarkable plates — over 2,000 illustrations — that accompanied landmark work of the Enlightenment. Royalty-free images depict agriculture, military science, metalwork, mining, textile manufacture, masonry, carpentry, more.
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|  | Dresser's Victorian Ornamentation: 150 Designs
by Christopher Dresser
This unique sourcebook offers a magnificent array of original black-and-white designs. Gorgeous motifs in Persian, Gothic, Japanese, Celtic, and other styles can be easily applied to countless uses.
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|  | Early Advertising Alphabets, Initials and Typographic Ornaments
by Clarence P. Hornung
145 full-page plates present 5 centuries of great typographical design: 60 alphabets, many decorative initials, headings, scrolls and flourishes, rules and panels, ornaments, ribbons, cartouches, borders, more.
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|  | Elegant Floral Designs for Artists and Craftspeople
by Marty Noble
More than 150 exquisite designs depict borders of fanciful flowers; filigreed compositions of floral sprays, wreaths, and single blossoms; delicate butterflies with wings displaying a patchwork mosaic; and much more.
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|  | Empire Style Designs and Ornaments
by Joseph Beunat
Rare French catalog (c.1813) showing over 900 graceful neoclassic motifs; vine and leaf forms, mythological figures, florals, geometrics, much more. 95 plates.
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|  | European Civil and Military Clothing
by Sir Frederic Stibbert
Peerless archive of historical fashions features nearly 1,000 individual figures and accessories: priestesses and warriors of ancient Britain; elaborately coiffed ladies from the court of Versailles; knights in full regalia from many eras and countries.
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|  | European Folk Art Designs
by Marty Noble
Add a touch of Old World flavor to projects with 265 charming designs incorporating florals, wildlife, and human figures in folk costumes.
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|  | Exotic Alphabets and Ornament
by William Rowe
Modern development of Art Deco in 18 complete alphabets, over 20 borders, 18 large insects and flower motifs, designs for overall work, more. 72 plates.
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|  | Exotic Flowers for Artists and Craftspeople
by Yuko Green
Splendid sourcebook of 135 accurate black-and-white illustrations of tropical flowers, including such spectacular specimens as the African tulip, rainbow shower tree, safari sunset, glory bush, Madagascar periwinkle, and much more.
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