1000 Decorative Designs From India

Download or read book 1000 Decorative Designs from India written by Devi Thapa and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook showcases 1,000 decorative black-and-white motifs plucked from India's many sumptuous handicrafts: stonework, batik, embroidered fabrics, pottery, jewelry, personal adornments, carpets, more.

Download or read book Decorate written by Holly Becker and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clever, creative advice from the world's best interior designers and decorators.

Download or read book Designs from India written by Dover and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2007-09-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting centuries of design from traditional crafts and textiles, 279 resplendent images will leave artists and designers breathless. A luminous color collection.

Download or read book Sioux Quill and Beadwork written by Carrie A. Lyford and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In-depth guide to ancient Native American crafts focuses on the techniques of the western Sioux. Explanations of techniques involved in quillwork, including dyeing and sewing, beadwork methods. More than 80 photographs and drawings depict handsome motifs on articles of clothing including vests, shirts, robes, dresses, leggings, moccasins, blankets, saddlebags, and shields.

Download or read book Indian Textiles written by Karun Thakar and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Features Indian textiles pieces from the Karun Thakar Collection, and The Textile Museum and Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection in Washington, DC* Published to accompany an exhibition at The Textile Museum at George Washington University in Washington, DC, opening January 2022The book features items from one of the world's foremost private collections of Indian textiles, the Karun Thakar Collection, together with key pieces from two recently united American collections, The Textile Museum and the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection in Washington, DC. The book and accompanying exhibition offer a unique approach to understanding Indian textile culture through reference to three distinct traditions: abstract, floral and figurative design.With essays by three leading international Indian textile curators, the publication's focus on textile ornament rather than date, region, usage, or technique provides new perspective and scholarship on this ancient artistic tradition. The book highlights the tradition's remarkable diversity, with objects ranging from folk embroideries to Mughal courtly weavings, and from early textiles traded to Egypt and Southeast Asia to 18th-century chintzes exported to Europe.

Download or read book Views of Mt. Fuji written by Katsushika Hokusai and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color reprint of Hokusai's masterpiece, Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, plus the artist's later black-and-white series, One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji. A must for all lovers of Japanese art.

Download or read book Authentic Turkish Designs written by Azade Akar and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant and animal motifs, chain patterns, geometrical and symbolic motifs, architectural forms, stylized suns and moons, rosettes and borders, calligraphic lettering and Turkish adaptations of rococo — all derived from authentic sources — are among the many types of design illustrated in clear, easily reproducible images. 264 black-and-white illustrations: