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Sensuous Art Nouveau ornaments add classic elegance to any project. Selected from a rare archive of publications from the turn of the twentieth century, this design treasury features more than 400 black-and-white illustrations. Its vibrant array of ...

Rich selection of scaled dressmaker's patterns from the popular late 19th-century magazine The Voice of Fashion details 50 garments for women, from handsome daytime and evening dresses to casual tennis outfits, a riding habit, and undergarments. ...

Indispensable resource of more than 600 royalty-free illustrations for artists, desktop publishers, nature enthusiasts, and craftworkers provides accurate, attractive depictions of wildflowers, trees, herbs, cacti, tropical blooms, garden flowers, co...

Is blacksmithing a lost art? Not according to this master craftsman. It might be one of the world's most ancient crafts, but it remains an exciting and essential one today. Percy W. Blandford presents twenty-four different projects: some are for novi...

Over 500 copyright-free frames, borders, vignettes, and more culled from a major Art Nouveau showcase. Abstracts, geometrics, animals, plants, people — especially sensuous female figures — have myriad design uses. Invaluable for artists, illustrators...

All 500 black-and-white, authentically detailed illustrations — each one containing several figures — from Braun and Schneider's monumental pictorial survey of historic costumes that has been a Dover bestseller for decades. The time span is from anci...

Butterflies and moths from around the world fill this stunning graphic collection of lepidoptera. Selected from a great eighteenth-century classic of natural history, the accurately rendered images depict a wide array of authentic winged beauties....

This reprint of a rare catalog contains descriptions, prices, and finely detailed engravings of customized models of a curtain coach, child's chaise, light French coupe, cabriolet, six-seat beach wagon, Portland sleigh, and many other vehicles. Rich ...

These 338 dramatic black-and-white illustrations depict castles from around the world. Perspective drawings portray more than 220 historic buildings, chiefly British and European, including the castles of Caernarfon, Mont St. Michel, and the Alhambra...

Rescued from ancient sources, these exceptionally bold motifs include an amazing array of birds, human figures, and mythological creatures, all ingeniously woven into intricate networks of spirals and interlacings. 221 illustrations, 48 of them in co...

Adaptations of 16 of the renowned Russian-born French painter's finest stained glass works, among them I and the Village, The Cellist, Bride and Groom with Eiffel Tower, Equestrienne, The Green Violinist, and Girl on Horseback. Place colored plates n...

This superb treasury of stylized Chinese motifs will spark the imaginations of graphic designers. Fierce dragons and lions abound, plus elegant cranes and peacocks, cherry blossoms, flower-bearing maidens, and other exotic designs. Includes a gallery...

Forty plates of meticulously rendered designs replicate authentic ironwork projects that span some 600 years of metalcrafting.   Patterns selected from English churches, chapels, tombs, castles, and other architectural sites depict 12th-century hin...

346 reproductions of woodcuts, arranged chronologically, by the German artist with supplementary information on his life. Albrecht Dürer was a master in various media, but it was in woodcut design that his creative genius reached its highest ...

Here's a chance for traditional stained glass artists to expand their craft with a dynamic modern look. Mixing abstract shapes with elements from nature, this array of seventy exquisite black-and-white patterns includes "Butterfly Breeze," "Life in a...