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Selected from rare l9th- and early-20th-century manufacturers' catalogs, the 97 full-color tile designs in this splendid collection display a host of patterns, many revealing striking Moorish influence. Predominantly blue, green, red, and brown with white backgrounds, the tiles incorporate stylized flowers, leaves, and other plant forms, abstract and geometric figures, stars, and suns.
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Some would say that the most beautiful things are those found in the wild. This stimulating volume teaches young artists to capture that kind of beauty through one-of-a-kind art. Readers learn to use simple lines, dots, and shapes to create intricate Zentangle designs. Through concise step-by-step instructions, it becomes clear that these stunning and detailed designs aren't difficult to draw. Readers who lack confidence in their artistic abilities...
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Make quick and easy origami projects with this origami book with folding paper. Origami for Busy People is the first origami book for people who love to fold paper for fun and relaxation but have trouble finding the time in their busy day for it. Origami projects can easily be completed during a hectic schedule-a 5-minute coffee-break, lunchtime or a few minutes after work or on the commute is all you'll need. Author Marcia Joy Miller provides plenty...
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Reproduced from a rare French portfolio: 59 exquisite motifs created for the silk sashes worn on holidays by Moroccan women. Mainly stylized florals and foliates in an immense variety of configurations, the designs incorporate Romanesque, Persian, Byzantine, and Far Eastern elements, and characteristic Moroccan motifs. Royalty-free.
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How interior designers think is an interesting ebook that throws light on general considerations that go inside the minds of interior designers. Interior designers are trained to perform tasks that can make commercial and residential spaces functional and appealing. An interior designer's brain thinks all the time about being different from the competition therefore, many factors are brainstormed continuously inside the brain of designers.
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This book contains a lovely collection of fretwork patterns. With a wide range of chapters, from 'Kitchen Accessories' to 'Children's Toys', this book is perfect for anyone with an interest in the craft. Clearly layed out and with explanatory diagrams, this book is easy to follow and has projects that will suit most levels of skill. With this book you can add some beautiful additions to your home, and have a huge supply of unique and wonderful gift...
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With its dragons and fish, flowers and foo dogs, this magnificent new archive of Chinese designs newly rendered represents an exotic archive of royalty-free art. Hundreds of crisp black-and-white images based on authentic artifacts appear here, in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. 361 black-and-white illustrations.
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250 lovely designs from a rare early-20th-century tile catalog include beautiful floral and foliate motifs on wall tiles for bathrooms, multicolored stenciled friezes, decorative panels of all sizes, plus eye-catching signs for meat markets, food shops, and other establishments. Brimming with Art Nouveau flavor, this inexpensive collection will serve as a splendid resource.
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Over 1,400 heraldic designs depicting shields, coats-of-arms, seals, logos, flags, insignia, scrolls, mottoes, and many other motifs will add a touch of medieval flair or aristocratic ambience to almost any graphic project. Use royalty-free or as a source of design inspiration for an infinite number of print projects.
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Versatile collection of 276 exquisite Japanese stencil designs - clouds, birds, butterflies, bamboo, plum and cherry blossoms, geometrics, more. Royalty-free illustrations are ideal for modern decorative and graphic needs - fabric, wallpaper and textile designs, calendars, menus, woodblock printing, needlecrafts, etc. 276 black-and-white illustrations. Introduction.
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The lofty painted ceilings of Europe's palaces and churches rank among the greatest treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. This unique assemblage features brilliant full-color reproductions of some of the finest examples of such art. Drawn from two rare French and German portfolios of the nineteenth century, this unique volume re-creates more than 60 magnificent ceilings from Parisian drawing rooms, German castles, and Italian galleries. Richly...
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From one of the most beautiful books on the decorative arts ever published: reproductions of classic full-color renderings by the great Victorian designer of design elements in Chinese porcelain and cloisonné antiquities now in the The Victoria and Albert Museum. Reprinted from the original plates made in 1867.
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142 bold black-and-white line drawings inspired by authentic Korean arts and crafts dating from the 1st through the 19th centuries, ranging from full- and half-page motifs to borders, panels, medallions, and all-over patterns, and from abstract forms to realistic depictions of costumed figures, birds, flowers, and landscapes.
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Superb treasury, meticulously reproduced from a rare portfolio, depicts a host of authentic Japanese designs, including images of florals, animal life, and geometrics. These intricate, subtly shaded motifs, portrayed in the manner of stylized Japanese art, still retain their enormous appeal almost a century after they were first printed. 108 full-color designs.
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A major renovation is very expensive and would include changing multiple facets of your kitchen. A major renovation could include your cabinets, the layout of your kitchen, new appliances or windows. A contractor or subcontractor is usually needed to handle the arrangements if your modernization includes wall movement. You may be able to hire a project coordinator from a home improvement store to handle the details if you do it yourself and buy the...
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Wondrous panorama of the animal kingdom, with detailed reproductions of over 600 rare engravings: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, crustaceans, insects, some plants - all identified. Royalty-free illustrations for designers and craftspeople. Excellent sourcebook for students of natural history.
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In this amazing cache of designs, arresting displays of geometrics explode into thousands of fascinating variations. Each of forty-one original black-and-white motifs is spun into three pages of adaptations, offering strikingly different variations on the original theme. More than 4,300 images build upon basic geometric shapes, transforming circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles into intricate patterns that form kaleidoscopic designs, optical...