Книги видавництва Dover

Adapted from jewelry, textiles, hardware, ceramic, inlays, carvings, and more, 852 full-color designs, collected by famed French artist Racinet, offer decorative ornamentation from every major culture of the world. Highlighting the achievements of ar...

Create nearly 40 striking paper figures with clear, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams. Features simple to advanced objects: cube, parrot, rabbit, seagull, cuckoo clock, rocket, mouse, elephant, violinist, Viking ship, and many more.

From a rare sourcebook: more than 250 superb designs depicting decorative letters, elaborate floral borders, body type, and delicate woodcut illustrations. Together with a smaller selection of full-color designs once used in wallpaper, tapestries and...

Sixteen handsome renderings based on projects by one of Victorian England's foremost leaders of the Arts and Crafts movement. Includes adaptations of wallpaper and textile designs as well as scenes of Adam Naming the Beasts, Sleeping Apostles, An...

120 engaging designs, meticulously adapted from patterns created by influential Victorian artist and craftsman for fabrics, wall hangings, carpets, and other decorative projects, depict lovely florals and vines, exotic birds, lush garden flowers, per...

The natural Japanese affinity for decorative art is apparent in this striking collection of exquisite stencil designs. A centuries-old tradition of capturing nature in striking floral and wildlife motifs is reflected in the graceful shapes and lovely...

Add a sense of medieval majesty to any print project with 1,000 ancient and authentic coats of arms. Emblazoned with stars, florals, mythical beasts, chevrons, daggers, and other eye-catching flair, these magnificent black-and-white heraldic designs ...

Treasury of sharp, detailed drawings from fabulously rare 16th- and 17th-century herbals. Flowers, shrubs, fruits, vegetables, trees, vines, and more — both realistic and stylized. Numerous applications in advertising, handicrafts, fabric desig...

Authentic 19th- and 20th-century royalty-free graphics crisply rendered in black-and-white: human and animal figures, music and dance, florals, geometrics, much more.

Dynamic designs drawn from two rare Parisian portfolios from the 1920s, this collection contains superb examples of Art Deco's classic motifs: deer, greyhounds, kingfishers, female nudes, hieroglyphs, flowers, and other highly stylized figures.

Universally admired, Benedictus flavored his designs with Art Nouveau touches and an adventurous abstractionism. Reproduced directly from three of his highly prized and rare portfolios, these luminous images blend squares, rectangles, and other geome...

Masterfully executed designs in reproductions of two rare catalogs: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliated patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, animals, mosaics, land...

Finely detailed illustrations of all kinds of jewelry will inspire both novice and experienced crafters. Bracelets, men's and women's rings, watches, charms, and many other baubles are featured in this collection from the turn of the 20th century. Th...

Reproduced from a rare turn-of-the-century German catalog, these royalty-free frames, headpieces, tailpieces, title pages, spot art, scrollwork, and other ornamental motifs include bold Art Nouveau designs along with a wealth of detailed, evocative i...

This greenhouse of inspiration features 356 full-color Art Nouveau floral motifs gathered from rare sources. Late 19th and early 20th-century illustrations — meticulously reproduced — display lush flowers and vines of every variety and in many sizes ...