More than 160 exquisitely rendered color illustrations include decorative borders and panels in a variety of styles: Byzantine, Roman, Gothic, Renaissance, Louis XIV, and more. Stunning corner pieces
Classic by noted Victorian designer discusses aesthetics, practical considerations of Victorian and Edwardian design. Rich, illuminating treatment of historic styles, beauty, utility, design of furnit
Reprint of a work published in 1882 as Japan: Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufactures (Longmans, Green, and Co., London). Dresser was an important English Victorian commercial and industrial des
Borders based on medieval manuscripts, patterns drawn from Greek and Persian pottery, designs adapted from Venetian lace ? this unique sourcebook by a famed designer abounds in splendid original ornam