Decorative Arts

Straddling two World Wars and the Great Depression, ushering in the Jazz Age and the era of the automobile and skyscraper, fomenting in the great cities of Europe and America and shaping everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the humble desk lamp, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857246734Author Meet My ProjectFormat HardbackPage Count 928Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2460g

A complete and unabridged full-color edition of the classic sourcebook on ornamental designFirst published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering British architect and designer Owen Jones...

Challenge yourself to learn dozens of embroidery stitches and use them to create 30 simple projects that are ready to display. If you've always wanted to learn embroidery but haven't known where to start, 30-Day Challenge: Embroidery is the perfect way...

Create 45 simple projects with a Scandinavian flavour, including home decorations, garlands and beautiful gifts. Christiane Bellstedt Myers has developed a beautiful collection of decorative makes using rustic fabrics and natural materials. The four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951728465Author Jen RacineFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Eclectic Esquire Media, LLCPublisher Eclectic Esquire Media, LLCWeight(grams)...

Everywhere in the world, tiles add colour and decoration to the facades and interiors of buildings. Both functional and decorative, and found in a multitude of shapes, sizes and designs - ranging from complex geometrical Islamic patterns to figurative...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of midcentury modern glass made in America through an exquisite collection of over 690 stunning color and black-and-white photographs. This meticulously crafted book seamlessly guides readers through two distinct...

The result of forty years of study, this book offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain – the brooch. Used basically to hold outer clothing together, it was always on view and was usually decorative. This...

A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers. Victorian stained glass - magnificent, colourful and artistic - adorns countless British churches, municipal buildings and homes. Across the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788894205688Author Roberto GemoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Roberto GemoriPublisher Roberto GemoriWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm...

In this inventive interpretation of the popular colouring book concept, Islamic design expert Eric Broug helps readers to create their own patterns, based on compositions from across the Islamic world. The book opens up the world of intricate Islamic ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040906Author gestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486797335Author Anton SederFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 197gDimensions(mm)...

The Quilt Design Coloring Workbook calls on an unlikely but exciting muse to help inspire quilt designers: modern art. More than 90 full-page ready-to-color design prompts invite quilters to try new color combinations and pattern experiments. Author...

Gold rush towns abandoned when new boomtowns emerge elsewhere or the gold has run out, towns deserted when caught in war zones, settlements evacuated due to natural disasters or chemical spills – seeing a town with devoid of people is an uncanny feeling...

The centre-lathe is by far the most versatile machine tool in the workshop, but as soon as you depart from plain turning between centres, the question arises 'how to hold the work'. This book explains the methods and techniques required. A fundamental...

Create exquisite, long-lasting quilled paper flowers with this step-by-step detailed guide! With the help of Japanese quilling expert Motoko Maggie Nakatani, you can create breathtaking quilled flowers with just a few inexpensive tools and paper quilling...

This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery design. Through guided conversations with the major designers of today, Roberta Bernabei reveals the creative, conceptual and technical working practices...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593578193Author Christine ChitnisFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

In this valuable book Tubal Cain takes the reader beyond the superficial or the simply practical with explanations of the composition of steel, its additives, and the effects of different temperatures on its constituents. With a grasp of what changes are...

Blackwork is a traditional form of embroidery, usually worked in black thread on a white background. Here, author Melanie Couffe takes the technique and gives it a burst of colour by introducing delicate shades of pink, blue, green, red, yellow,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486799834Author Carol Belanger GraftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576877692Author Jonathan ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 2018g

In this truly beautiful book, Andrea Zanatelli combines his extraordinary artworks with a selection of classical love poetry by Anne Bronte, William Blake, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Percy Shelley and many more.Drawing its inspiration from the...

Among the many treasures of the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, are hundreds of chess and other games pieces dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries ce. Intricately crafted in a rich variety of materials, including ivory, wood, ceramic, glass, jade and...

Developed out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japan, wabi sabi is an aesthetic that finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to...

You can set your table-or you can 'scape it.When Bugsy Drake stepped onboard the yacht as Second Stew on Bravo's Below Deck Med, she showed the world the magic of tablescaping. With the help of some unconventional centerpieces, a few artfully folded...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807738Author Yumiko HiguchiFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Part of the Secrets of Modern Calligraphy series, this modern calligraphy practice pad will keep you inspired and develop your love of lettering. With 3 different types of guidelines for you to fill with your own calligraphy and alphabet styles to copy,...

The Black Experience in Design spotlights teaching practices, research, stories, and conversations from a Black/African diasporic lens. Excluded from traditional design history and educational canons that heavily favor European modernist influences, the...

Co-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London This book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today's visual arts, when high 'production...

For more than 40 years, Martin Waller and his company Andrew Martin have continued to demonstrate that furniture is more than just a functional object, and that a living space always finds new stories to tell. His Interior Design Review, the definitive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865653924Author David NettoFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Vendome PressPublisher Vendome PressWeight(grams) 2440g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645471837Author Yumiko HiguchiFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Artist and designer Luke Edward Hall, based in London, has taken the design world by storm with his playful, nostalgic, charming, and sophisticated interiors, fabrics, ceramics, furniture, stationery, prints, drawings, and paintings. With a strong belief...

Published annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the...

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) is, with William Morris, one of the most enduringly popular designers of the Arts & Crafts Movement. A practising architect, Voysey also designed a broad range of applied arts objects, from furniture, ceramics,...

Passementerie, the fine art of detail in haute couture In 1852, Joseph Bertaud bought a small trimmings factory in Paris that had been making passementerie since 1760. Although passementerie—the woven textile accessories adorning furniture and clothing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780676012Author Paul JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 1150g