David Batterham

History's most beautiful patterns—all available on an image database! A compendium of history's most elegant and beautiful patterns and ornamental designs at your fingertips—for perusal or download anytime, in high-resolution format. World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Racinet's L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875-1888) and Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877). Adapted from historical items dating from antiquity, including jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles and ceramics, these ornamental designs encompass a wide range of cultural and esthetic motifs and patterns—including classical Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Asian and middle-Eastern, as well as European designs from medieval times through the 19th century. Artists, historians, and art lovers will appreciate this lavish source and idea book, and interior designers and 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! About the author: David 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.

Brings together two encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: "L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II" and "L'Ornement des tissus". These ornamental designs encompass a range of cultural aesthetics. This book is of interest to artists, historians, art lovers, interior designers, and patternmakers.

Este exhaustivo compendio repleto de tapices, manuscritos iluminados, alfombras y azulejos reúne los dos mayores catálogos de ornamentos del siglo XIX en un libro de referencia indispensable. Abarcando diseños de la epoca medieval hasta el siglo XIX, con estilos tan diversos como el egipcio, el etrusco o el de Oriente Medio, esta edicion de la...Descubra un mundo de ideas decorativas con este muestrario, en el que encontrara los diseños ornamentales y los patrones mas elegantes de la historia.The World of Ornament reune las dos mayores colecciones enciclopedicas de ornamentos del siglo XIX: Los volumenes 1 y 2 de LOrnement polychrome de Auguste Racinet (1875-1888) y LOrnement des tissus de Auguste Dupont-Auberville (1877), que juntos constituyen un esplendido libro de referencia que abarca ornamentos de joyeria, azulejos, vitrales, manuscritos iluminados, tejidos y ceramicas.Esta compilacion de culturas y esteticas, que reune diseños clasicos egipcios, griegos, romanos, etruscos, asiaticos, de Oriente Medio y europeos, desde la epoca medieval hasta el siglo XIX, seran una importante fuente de inspiracion para artistas, historiadores, diseñadores y patronistas, y para todo aquel dedicado a crear diseños impactantes y decorativos.Sobre la serieBibliotheca UniversalisCompañeros culturales en formato compacto para celebrar el universo eclectico de TASCHEN.una magnifica enciclopedia del ornamento.Un libro especialmente util para datar tejidos. Y en la recreacion de vestuario y joyeria.