Versatile collection of 136 floral designs for royalty-free use. Ready-to-use illustrations include the Aztec lily, African violet, holly, dogwood, magnolia, evening primrose, wild calla, and many other flowers and plants.
Clear, accurate illustrations of 163 common North American wildflowers — tiger lily and water lily, snowdrop, ox-eye daisy, thistle, and wild strawberry among them. The flowers are depicted in full-page and half-page sizes in many different configurations: as individual blossoms, in borders, corners, clusters, wreaths, and garlands. Some are shown in frames.
Superb treasury of 319 royalty-free designs skillfully rendered from French, English, German, Swiss, and Russian textiles of 18th and 19th centuries. Profusion of flowers, leaves, sprays, branches, fruits, and birds.
A hundred garden favorites rendered in black-and-white line illustrations will suggest numerous design and artistic uses. Amaryllis, anemone, begonia, cinquefoil, peony, snapdragon flow and weave, many forming borders and frames.
Over 90 royalty-free black-and-white illustrations offer graphic excellence of Oriental art. Peonies, wisteria, lotus, cherry and plum trees in full bloom, bamboo, birds, insects, decorative border elements, more. 94 black-and-white illustrations. Publisher's Note.
150 exceptionally fine royalty-free illustrations from rare French portfolio. Art Nouveau-flavored borders, backgrounds, frames, vignettes, monograms, more.
Practical archive of 45 royalty-free designs adapted from watercolors, screens, kimonos, Noh drama costumes, wall hangings, more. Wide variety of stripes, allover patterns, nature scenes, grand sprays of flowers and tree branches, other clearly detailed designs suggesting subtle elegance of Japanese art. Introduction. Captions.
This comprehensive treasury of copyright-free floral designs ― chosen from rare periodicals and illustrated books ― offers graphic artists and craftworkers a variety of floral favorites in ornamental styles that range from 18th-century classical to Victorian and Art Nouveau. Selections include reproductions from such 19th- and 20th-century periodicals as The Studio, L'Art pour tous, and Formenschatz, as well as a wide range of materials from American, English, French, German, and Spanish typography catalogs. Ideal for embellishing almost any artistic or craft project, the motifs include such favorites as roses, tulips, irises, lilies, and violets. Use these eye-catching motifs to decorate menus, invitations, stationery, book covers, and advertisements, or create needlework patterns as well as designs for textiles and woodworking. Artists, designers, illustrators, and craftspeople will find this rich selection of exquisite designs a valuable addition to their resource libraries ― one they will turn to again and again for inspiration as well as ready-to-use floral creations.
One of the finest, most extensive sources of royalty-free illustrations of the world's plants and flowers, chosen for scientific accuracy, artistic style. Common and botanical Latin names specified. 1,761 black-and-white illustrations.