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David Batterham Hardcover, 2 vols. with keycard in slipcase, 24 x 31.6 cm, 712 pages New edition, only $ 59.99 Original edition $ 200
History's most beautiful patterns
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The World of Ornament
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A compendium of history’s most most elegant and beautiful beautiful patterns patterns and orn ornamental amental designs at your fingertips—for perusal or download anytime, in high-res high-resolu olution tion format. The World of Ornament brings brings together the two greatest enc enc yclopedic yclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Racinet’s L’Orn Racinet’s L’Orne ement ment polychrome polychrome Volumes I and II (1875-1888) and Dupont-Auber ville’s ville’s L’O L’Orneme rnemen nt des des tissus (1877). tissus (1877). Adapted Adapted from historical items dating from antiquity, including jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, manuscripts, textiles and ceramics, these ornamental designs encompass a wide range of cultural and esthetic motifs and patterns—including patterns—including classical Egyptian, Gree Greek, k, Roman, Roman, Etruscan, Asian and middle-Eastern, as well as European designs from medieval times through the 19th century. Artists, historians, historians, and art lovers lovers will appreciate appreciate this lavish source source and idea book, book, and interior designers and patternmakers patternmakers will be delighted that all of the ornamental designs may be used and reproduced without restriction! Includes exclusive access to image database: high-resolution images of all individual ornaments downloadable for unrestricted use! The author: David Batterham has Batterham has been an antiquarian bookseller in London since 1965. He specializes in books and journals on the graphic arts, ornament, fashion, and caricature with an emphasis on work from France and Spain.
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"The World of Ornament brings brings together the two greatest encyclopaedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Racinet’s L’Ornemen Racinet’s L’Ornementt polychrome Volumes I and II and II and and Dupont-Auberville’s L’Ornement L’Ornement des tissus. tissus. Adapted from historical items dating from antiquity, including jewellery, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles and ceramics, these ornamental designs encompass a wide range of cultural cultural and aesthetic aesthetic motifs and patterns... Not only is this the perfect source book packed full of printed patterny ideas but you also get access to an exclusive image database where you can download these (hi-res) images and use them for whatever you like without restriction. restriction. How cool cool is that?" — Proper Magazine, Stockport, United Kingdom
