Treasury of Historic Pattern and Design

by J. Engelhorn

Overview

This rich sourcebook of design features 480 magnificently detailed decorative patterns and motifs, most of them originally created in Europe in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Reprinted from a rare surviving copy of a Victorian design portfolio, it offers both a boundless, royalty-free source of inspiration and an informal by far-ranging survey of notable achievements in the history of design.
These intricate and ornate patterns were taken from silk fabrics, carpets, embroideries, robes, velvet brocades, damask wearings, wallpapers, interior, and other decorative genres that flourished in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and elsewhere over the course of more than eight centuries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486262741
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	04/01/1990
Series:	Dover Pictorial Archive
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x (d)