Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140717
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This comprehensive treasury of copyright-free floral designs ― chosen from rare periodicals and illustrated books ― offers graphic artists and craftworkers a variety of floral favorites in ornamental styles that range from 18th-century classical to Victorian and Art Nouveau. Selections include reproductions from such 19th- and 20th-century periodicals as The Studio, L'Art pour tous, and Formenschatz, as well as a wide range of materials from American, English, French, German, and Spanish typography catalogs. Ideal for embellishing almost any artistic or craft project, the motifs include such favorites as roses, tulips, irises, lilies, and violets. Use these eye-catching motifs to decorate menus, invitations, stationery, book covers, and advertisements, or create needlework patterns as well as designs for textiles and woodworking. Artists, designers, illustrators, and craftspeople will find this rich selection of exquisite designs a valuable addition to their resource libraries ― one they will turn to again and again for inspiration as well as ready-to-use floral creations.
1001 Floral Motifs and Ornaments for Artists and Craftspeople
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140717
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This comprehensive treasury of copyright-free floral designs ― chosen from rare periodicals and illustrated books ― offers graphic artists and craftworkers a variety of floral favorites in ornamental styles that range from 18th-century classical to Victorian and Art Nouveau. Selections include reproductions from such 19th- and 20th-century periodicals as The Studio, L'Art pour tous, and Formenschatz, as well as a wide range of materials from American, English, French, German, and Spanish typography catalogs. Ideal for embellishing almost any artistic or craft project, the motifs include such favorites as roses, tulips, irises, lilies, and violets. Use these eye-catching motifs to decorate menus, invitations, stationery, book covers, and advertisements, or create needlework patterns as well as designs for textiles and woodworking. Artists, designers, illustrators, and craftspeople will find this rich selection of exquisite designs a valuable addition to their resource libraries ― one they will turn to again and again for inspiration as well as ready-to-use floral creations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140717
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This comprehensive treasury of copyright-free floral designs ― chosen from rare periodicals and illustrated books ― offers graphic artists and craftworkers a variety of floral favorites in ornamental styles that range from 18th-century classical to Victorian and Art Nouveau. Selections include reproductions from such 19th- and 20th-century periodicals as The Studio, L'Art pour tous, and Formenschatz, as well as a wide range of materials from American, English, French, German, and Spanish typography catalogs. Ideal for embellishing almost any artistic or craft project, the motifs include such favorites as roses, tulips, irises, lilies, and violets. Use these eye-catching motifs to decorate menus, invitations, stationery, book covers, and advertisements, or create needlework patterns as well as designs for textiles and woodworking. Artists, designers, illustrators, and craftspeople will find this rich selection of exquisite designs a valuable addition to their resource libraries ― one they will turn to again and again for inspiration as well as ready-to-use floral creations.
5000 Decorative Monograms for Artists and Craftspeople
Author: J. O'Kane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155870
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Voluminous, diversified collection of ornamental two-, three-, and four-letter combinations — all in a rich variety of styles, many incorporating crowns, coronets, and ancient and modern alphabets. 130 black-and-white plates.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155870
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Voluminous, diversified collection of ornamental two-, three-, and four-letter combinations — all in a rich variety of styles, many incorporating crowns, coronets, and ancient and modern alphabets. 130 black-and-white plates.
Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color
Author: Henry Shaw
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141861
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw's detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times. Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141861
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw's detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times. Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.
Flowers, Butterflies and Insects
Author: Maria Sibylla Merian
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486266367
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486266367
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.
Food and Drink
Author: Jim Harter
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137651
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Over 350 illustrations of different foods, people eating, utensils, banquets, menus, wine lists. Beautifully reproduced 19th-century line drawings depict every conceivable activity concerned with the preparation, display, and consumption of food and drink.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137651
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Over 350 illustrations of different foods, people eating, utensils, banquets, menus, wine lists. Beautifully reproduced 19th-century line drawings depict every conceivable activity concerned with the preparation, display, and consumption of food and drink.
Rustic and Rough-hewn Alphabets
Author: Dan X. Solo
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486267166
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Eye-catching typefaces with casual or "country" air. Annie Oakley, Hedge Row, Stuntman, Ticonderoga Bold, many more. Complete uppercase alphabets, many with lowercase, numerals and punctuation.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486267166
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Eye-catching typefaces with casual or "country" air. Annie Oakley, Hedge Row, Stuntman, Ticonderoga Bold, many more. Complete uppercase alphabets, many with lowercase, numerals and punctuation.
Snowflakes in Photographs
Author: W. A. Bentley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486412535
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Remarkable revelations of nature's diversity, revealed in hundreds of snowflake images taken by American photographer Bentley during a 50-year period. Over 850 illustrations of snow crystals, with no two designs exactly alike, will inspire artists, designers, and craftspeople in search of extraordinary patterns for textiles, wallpaper, and other creative projects.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486412535
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Remarkable revelations of nature's diversity, revealed in hundreds of snowflake images taken by American photographer Bentley during a 50-year period. Over 850 illustrations of snow crystals, with no two designs exactly alike, will inspire artists, designers, and craftspeople in search of extraordinary patterns for textiles, wallpaper, and other creative projects.
Scottish Tartans in Full Color
Author: James Grant
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155579
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
DIVThe tartans of 72 Highland clans, each presented in a full-page, full-color, large-format illustration. With a new introduction to tartans by noted authority J. Charles Thompson. /div
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155579
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
DIVThe tartans of 72 Highland clans, each presented in a full-page, full-color, large-format illustration. With a new introduction to tartans by noted authority J. Charles Thompson. /div
286 Full-Color Animal Illustrations
Author: Sir William Jardine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155730
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
A spectacular range of wildlife appears in this fine collection of painstakingly accurate 19th-century drawings. Both artists and animal lovers will treasure these splendid illustrations of mammals, birds, fish, and insects.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155730
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
A spectacular range of wildlife appears in this fine collection of painstakingly accurate 19th-century drawings. Both artists and animal lovers will treasure these splendid illustrations of mammals, birds, fish, and insects.
Authentic Art Deco Alphabets
Author: Editions Guérinet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780486250908
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
42 plates of authentic Art Deco alphabets, numbers, vignettes, monograms, frames and attention-getters -- all royalty-free.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780486250908
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
42 plates of authentic Art Deco alphabets, numbers, vignettes, monograms, frames and attention-getters -- all royalty-free.