376 Decorative Allover Patterns from Historic Tilework and Textiles

by David Jackson, Charles Cahier, Arthur Martin

Book Overview

The increased use of quality designs in 19th-century manufactured goods created a steady demand during that period for collections of decorative patterns. This volume reproduces one such collection ― an extremely rare and valuable portfolio of 376 motifs assembled more than a century ago by two French Jesuit scholars.
Relying on historical wall and floor tiles, textile patterns, tapestries, wall hangings, and other designs originating in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486261468
• ISBN13: 9780486261461
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.1" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

decorative

must see, for the graphic artist, especially one who designs fabrics papers repeat prints

very good informative book

i've got this a bout 2 month ago and used it a lot, for both art, graphic works and just as somthing nice to look at, unlike the full color pictoral archive this is a very thural book, it has a lot of designs of allover patterns.it's not one of those alboms you buy just to look at, it's a proffesional usful book for people who uses those designs for either decoration of wall or tiles and probebly decofague, quiltings, needle point and so on, for me patters is somthing i use a lot in my painting and this have proven to be useful in many oppertunities.