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Handbook of Decorative Motifs by Birthe Koustrup (2004, Hardcover)
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Four-color ornamental illustrations fill the pages of Handbook of Decorative Motifs, offering a lively catalog of inspired design ideas and models for decorative painters, interior designers, and craftspeople. Plants and flowers, borders and bouquets, popular art, chinoiserie, and faience, Koustrup, provides simple design techniques as well as more general tips on caring for plant and flower models to help ceramicists, cloth painters, embroiderers, and weavers adapt the motifs to their own styles and on their own mediums. From Kellinghusen faience patterns to floral garlands and the traditional Danish “three tulip” motif, this handbook is a rich source of inspiration for and artistic creators of all ability levels and persuasions.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393731480
ISBN-139780393731484
eBay Product ID (ePID)30203931
Product Key Features
Book TitleHandbook of Decorative Motifs
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicDecorative Arts
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign
AuthorBirthe Koustrup
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight35.8 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-069118
ReviewsVisually rich and wide-ranging in scope, this book is a treasury of nature-inspired design ideas, from plants and flowers to folk art. Offering over 250 four-colour decorative motifs, this handbook is an ideal creative resource for porcelain painters, ceramicists, textile designers, wood and metal workers and anyone who takes nature as a visual inspiration., While thinking of things decorative the more artistically skillful among you--whatever medium, fine or decorative, you work in--will probably want to obtain a copy of this new book by Birthe Koustrup, who came from the Danish artistic dynasty the Thornam family who were renowned for their flower designs. Flowers, animals, birds, fish, folk art and chinoiserie designs can be found in this delightfully practical book.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal758/.42
SynopsisPlants and flowers, borders and bouquets, popular art, chinoiserie, and faience, Koustrup, provides simple design techniques as well as more general tips on caring for plant and flower models to help ceramicists, cloth painters, embroiderers, and weavers adapt the motifs to their own styles and on their own mediums. From Kellinghusen faience patterns to floral garlands and the traditional Danish "three tulip" motif, this handbook is a rich source of inspiration for and artistic creators of all ability levels and persuasions., Four-color ornamental illustrations fill the pages of The Handbook of Decorative Motifs, offering a lively catalog of inspired design ideas and models for decorative painters, interior designers, and craftspeople. Plants and flowers, borders and bouquets, popular art, chinoiserie, and faience, Koustrup, provides simple design techniques's well as more general tips on caring for plant and flower models'o help ceramicists, cloth painters, embroiderers, and weavers adapt the motifs to their own styles and on their own mediums. From Kellinghusen faience patterns to floral garlands and the traditional Danish ?hree tulip'motif, this handbook is a rich source of inspiration for and artistic creators of all ability levels and persuasions., Four-color ornamental illustrations fill the pages of Handbook of Decorative Motifs, offering a lively catalog of inspired design ideas and models for decorative painters, interior designers, and craftspeople.
LC Classification NumberNK1535.K68A4 2004
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- 22 Jan, 2019
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I was delighted to get a book that I have already admired at such a great price and condition.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
