More than 160 exquisitely rendered color illustrations offer a fabulous array of decorative borders and panels in a tremendous variety of styles: Byzantine? Roman? Gothic? Renaissance? Louis XIV? and other historical fashions. Many of these enchanting images are drawn from Christopher Dresser's Studies in Design? a landmark in home-decorating stylebooks. Dresser's compilations of unusual designs from far-flung sources -- including Egypt? Morocco? and the Far East -- exercised an enormous influence upon his Victorian contemporaries and subsequent generations. Images from his book? together with selections from a nineteenth-century French album and other pictorial collections of the era? afford a wealth of delights for art enthusiasts as well as inspiration for designers and crafters.Paperback | 80 pages210.82 x 274.32 x 17.78mm | 498.95g39610Dover Publications Inc.New York? United StatesEnglish