This treasury of 204 authentic black-and-white border and frame designs overflows with outlines that will add instant polish to any project. Selected from vintage periodicals, these floral and figurative motifs range from dainty cartouches to elaborate, full-page compositions and from delicate and ethereal to bold and stately.

Compiled by a master craftsman and teacher at the world-famous École Boulle in Paris, this first-rate, all-encompassing collection of decorative Art Deco wood designs includes an array of motifs — trim and elegant in their simplicity. Included are boldly styled geometrics within frames and borders, dynamic designs combining circles, squares, and abstract figures, as well as starkly elemental versions of blossoms, masks, creatures of the animal kingdom, and other wood carvings. Open spaces within some of the patterns allow the incorporation of ad copy or other messages, while the varied textures and superb finish of the plates will add graphic excitement and period flavor to fabric design, stationery, and other art and craft projects.

Gathers hundreds of art nouveau-style alphabets and discusses the development of these typefaces

250 royalty-free illustrations. From small cartouches to elaborate, full-page compositions. Variety of shapes: square, oblong, round, oval and heart-shaped.

This splendid source of authentic Art Nouveau designs presents more than 90 breathtaking plates, ranging from single to full color, selected from rare originals of a renowned German studio's stock portfolios.

Highlights from a pair of century-old sign-painting manuals include borders, frames, typography, and other images for creating advertisements with an authentic period flair. A CD-ROM features all of the book's images.