Striking images of animals, birds, fish, abstracts, and patterns — as well as woodcuts, dragons, geishas, tigers, fish, and astronomical images — in a wonderful diversity of styles, all selected from rare sources.
Recommendations... Japanese Woodblock Kimono Designs in Full Color
by Dover
Japanese art at its most subtly elegant, these luminous 19th-century kimono designs include allover patterns, nature scenes, magnificent floral sprays, and other finely detailed full-color motifs. 62 illustrations.
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 Traditional Japanese Stencil Designs
by Clarence Hornung
Versatile collection of 276 exquisite Japanese stencil designs — clouds, birds, butterflies, bamboo, plum and cherry blossoms, geometrics, more. Royalty-free illustrations are ideal for modern decorative and graphic needs.
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| |  The Complete "Chinese Ornament": All 100 Color Plates
by Owen Jones
From one of the most beautiful books on the decorative arts ever published: reproductions of classic full-color renderings by the great Victorian designer of design elements in Chinese porcelain and cloisonné antiquities.
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 5000 Designs and Motifs from India
by Ajit Mookerjee
Incredibly rich treasury of authentic royalty-free designs from Harappa culture, Ajanta and Bagh murals, Muslim monuments, Buddhist temples, much more. Immediately usable or great for design inspiration.
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| |  Mehndi Designs: Traditional Henna Body Art
by Marty Noble
Scores of lovely designs adapted from authentic images used in an ancient art form include fine line, lacy, and paisley motifs, floral borders, heart-shaped insets, and repeat patterns. 166 black-and-white illustrations.
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Products in Chinese, Japanese, More | | |  | 100 Japanese Stencil Designs
by Friedrich Deneken
The natural Japanese affinity for decorative art is apparent in this striking collection of 104 exquisite stencil designs, reproduced from a rare 19th-century publication.
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by Devi Thapa, Kiran Chaudhri, V. S. Navalkar
This sourcebook showcases 1,000 decorative black-and-white motifs plucked from India's many sumptuous handicrafts: stonework, batik, embroidered fabrics, pottery, jewelry, personal adornments, carpets, more.
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by Pan Wuhua
These crisp, black-and-white images will lend a distinctive Far Eastern accent to any project. Geometrics, abstracts, and other intriguing configurations adapt easily for use as spot illustrations and other applications.
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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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by Ajit Mookerjee
Incredibly rich treasury of authentic royalty-free designs from Harappa culture, Ajanta and Bagh murals, Muslim monuments, Buddhist temples, much more. Immediately usable or great for design inspiration.
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by Siegfried Bing
This treasury of elegantly detailed designs draws on centuries-old Japanese traditions. Lush cherry blossoms, enchanting geishas, lute players, tea ceremonies, plus decorative fish and animals will inspire everything from wallpaper to needlework. Includes bonus CD-ROM.
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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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by Chen Yan
Superb archive of more than 1,100 illustrations, grouped chronologically according to dynastic era, depicts dragons, tigers, fish, birds, horses, butterflies, waterfowl, and a host of other creatures — real and mythical.
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|  | Chinese Cut-Paper Animal Designs
by Dover
This bold assortment features an original selection of 125 rare black-and-white cuts of animal motifs, with unusual renderings of fish, dragons, butterflies, horses, cranes, and other creatures.
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by Theodore Menten
269 modern paper-cuttings from Mainland China: horses, pandas, butterflies, flowers, fish, peacocks, monkeys, phoenixes, lanterns, vases, landscapes, other traditional and modern motifs — printed solid red, black, blue, or green.
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|  | Chinese Designs and Motifs
by Marty Noble
With its dragons and fish, flowers and foo dogs, this magnificent compilation of 361 royalty-free designs offers an exotic archive of crisp black-and-white images in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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by Willis M. Hawley
300 authentic, solid-silhouette designs printed in colors: phoenix, chrysanthemum, lotus, plum blossom, butterfly, fish, boat, etc. Provides rare source of ideas and direct reproduction wherever Oriental flavor is needed.
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|  | Chinese Lattice Designs
by Daniel Sheets Dye
A collection of 1,239 beautiful geometric designs are shown, with titles, commentaries, and other information: 265 groups of designs based on parallelogram, octagon, hexagon, single-focus frames, wedge-lock, parallel waves, U-scroll, and more.
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|  | Chinese Stencil Designs: Includes Bonus DVD
by Alan Weller
Selected from a long-out-of-print collection, the delicate stencil designs in this book and DVD set feature graceful combinations of leaves, vines, birds, bamboo, and other patterns inspired by nature.
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by Owen Jones
From one of the most beautiful books on the decorative arts ever published: reproductions of classic full-color renderings by the great Victorian designer of design elements in Chinese porcelain and cloisonné antiquities.
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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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by Dover
Dragons, tigers, cranes, peacocks, and peonies abound in this collection of 130 authentic Japanese motifs. So do flowers, plants, and animals. Geometric, abstract, and allover patterns are also included.
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|  | A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design
by Thomas W. Cutler
From one of the most comprehensive surveys of mid-19th-century Japanese art and ornamentation: graceful details from landscapes, floral motifs, abstracts, images of sea life, and others. Over 300 figures on 65 plates.
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by Paul Negri
Drawn from traditional Japanese family crests, this collection presents 1,160 exotic black-and-white patterns, symbols, and decorative devices. They span a tremendous variety of styles, from utter simplicity to florid majesty.
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