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 | 600 Decorative Floral Designs
by F. B. Heald
Exquisitely detailed and stylistically rare, 72 pages of decorative floral motifs — gathered from a stunning 19th-century collection — depict lush blossoms and plants surrounded by magnificent design elements.
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 | Art Nouveau Stencil Designs in Color
by A. Charayron, Leon Durand
This rare collection of decorative stenciling in the Art Nouveau style is a unique treasury of ideas. Colorful illustrations showcase panels, friezes, and walls, embellished with lovely images — from wild roses, seagulls, and geese to children playing.
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 | Artistic Japan: 300 Traditional Spot Illustrations
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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 | Dresser's Victorian Ornamentation
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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 | Fantastic Gothic and Renaissance Ornament
by Rudolf Berliner
Beasts of myth and legend, writhing foliage, dancing symbols of fate — this spectacular compendium of 15th- and 18th-century designs features 127 black-and-white illustrations from the far corners of the imagination.
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 | French Baroque Ornament
by Jean Le Pautre
Culled from a rare 19th-century source, these 124 black-and-white illustrations capture the lavish devices and grand sweep of European Baroque design. This collection is populated by elaborate architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, and border elements.
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 | Gargoyles and Grotesques
by A. Raguenet
Enter a mysterious world of fantasy, beauty, and horror with this historic collection of architectural details from centuries-old structures — gargoyles, busts, cartouches, pedestals, more. Bonus CD-ROM includes all images from the book.
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 | Geometric Themes and Variations: 4,300 Designs and Motifs
by Miguel Angel Sánchez Serrano
In this amazing cache of designs, 41 original black-and-white motifs are spun into three pages of adaptations, offering strikingly different variations. More than 4,300 images form kaleidoscopic designs, optical illusions, and hypnotic abstracts.
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 | Grasset's Art Nouveau Flower and Plant Designs
by Eugéne Grasset
Compiled by a pioneer in Art Nouveau design, these 72 color plates of lush floral images from a rare edition include full-page images, borders, and insets by Verneuil and other masters.
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 | 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.
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 | Microscopic Art Forms from the Plant World
by R. Anheisser
This extraordinary collection will magnify artistic sensibilities with 400 detailed illustrations of nature's minute but magnificent handiwork. The accompanying CD-ROM includes all of the images in the book.
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 | Ornament and Design of the Alhambra
by Owen Jones
An influential Victorian artist's peerless collection displays full-color plates that expertly reproduce original designs from the grand Moorish palace's windows, ceilings, wall panels, door arches, porticos, and more.
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 | Ornamental Forms from Nature
by Christian Stoll, Alan Weller
Reproduced from a classic of natural history, 154 creatively stylized floral and animal images were designed with distinctive drama. The bonus CD-ROM includes individual files of all of the images in the book.
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 | Renaissance and Baroque Ceiling Masterpieces
by Dover
Drawn from two rare 19th-century French and German portfolios, this unique treasury features full-color reproductions of more than 60 magnificent ceilings from European castles, churches, and galleries.
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 | Treasury of Medieval Illustrations
by Paul Lacroix, Carol Belanger Grafton
The realms and reveries of the Middle Ages unfold in more than 750 black-and-white illustrations. Includes magnificent renderings of warriors, scholars, musicians, architecture, business and recreation, mythical legends, and more.
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 | Victorian Decorative Borders and Designs
by Christopher Dresser
More than 160 exquisitely rendered color illustrations represent decorative borders and panels in a variety of styles: Byzantine, Roman, Gothic, Renaissance, Louis XIV, more. Stunning corner pieces and ornaments are also featured.
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