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Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Liberty, this book celebrates the extraordinary range of innovative fabric designs that have been at the forefront of the business...

A richly illustrated history of embroidery and needlework, showcasing the glorious range of styles, motifs, and materials used around the world. Embroidery is one of the world's most widely shared...

This is the story of Faberge's Imperial Easter eggs - of their maker, of the tsars who commissioned them, of the middlemen who sold them and of the collectors who...

Art Nouveau developed a new, international style in architecture and handicrafts from the 1880s onward, which sought to replace the forms of historicism with plant ornamentation and functional construction. This...

Following on "Steampunk Fashion" and "Steampunk Jewelry" comes the serious survey that steampunk art merits Paradoxically, the astonishing flights of imagination resulting in the most memorable images of the steampunk...

Artisan Art Notebooks, the new Journals from Flame Tree, come in a range of hues to suit the moment and are embellished with a wide variety of well-known art on...

This splendid archive of decorative ironwork designs, painstakingly reprinted from a rare French volume, includes 1,100 illustrations of elaborate motifs used to enhance such diverse architectural elements as doorway and...

The Lindisfarne Gospels is an eighth-century masterpiece of Celtic illumination. After careful study, Aidan Meehan has beautifully redrawn more than fifty designs that appear on its pages. Each one has...

Art Nouveau was a phenomenon with many faces. Between 1890 and 1910, artists developed a variety of styles from the plant-like forms of the Belgian-French Art Nouveau to the ornamentation...

Perhaps no other object of our daily environment has had the enduring cultural significance of the ever-present chair, unconsciously yet forcefully shaping the physical and social dimensions of our lives....

As one of the few decorative arts about which little has been written, japanning is today fraught with misunderstandings. And yet, in its heyday, the japanning industry attracted important commissions...

Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Liberty, this book celebrates the extraordinary range of innovative fabric designs that have been at the forefront of the business...

This stunning collector's edition includes the original John Derian Picture Book and the equally gorgeous John Derian Picture Book II . Packaged in a beautiful slipcase, this is the ultimate...

This book aims to preserve and bring forward for wider appreciation the outstanding works of art that many engraved titlepages and frontispieces represent. Over the time period covered by the...

A celebration in quote and pattern of the 14th century art of adorning objects. Adornment originated in the fourteenth century as the action of making someone or something attractive by...

The book titled Totem Poles by the author Hilary Stewart. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This entertaining book takes a quirky look at the world of flexible objects, those items that fold out for use and then fold back in again to save space. Per...

A beautiful gift for fans of the BBC Hidden Treasures of the National Trust. Go behind the scenes with the National Trust as they uncover extraordinary stories and save our...

This book features the largest collection of Mr. T memorabilia in the world, including over 150 homemade soft sculpture dolls collected and documented over the past 25 years. The dolls...

The book titled Decorative Painting of the World: A Project Book of Folk Art by the author Tracy Marsh. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

Tattoos and tattoo culture have gone mainstream in the last few years, with popular TV shows such as "LA Ink", "Miami Ink" and "London Ink" making celebrities out of tattooists...

There are few countries with such an established design scene, distinctive aesthetic, and universal appeal as Italy. This sumptuously illustrated survey showcases 50 of Italy's most beautiful homes, from historic...

Japan style is an aesthetic recognizable to everyone: a beautifully displayed flower, an elegant piece of calligraphy, or a simple rock garden, yet it is also difficult to define. Written...

Go behind the scenes of generations of the British royal family, exploring both the glamour and domestic life inside the spectacular 300-year-old Kensington Palace Kensington Palace is renowned for its...

The book presents a wide range of documentary and visual material, revealing the importance of the ornamental arts within urbanizing Australian society at the end of the 19th century.

Owen Jones (1809-1874), a prolific architect, designer, illustrator and printer, was recognised during his lifetime as one of the most influential contemporary figures in art and design theory. This insightful...

Create beautiful paper flowers, vegetables and decorative items with this comprehensive quilling guide for beginners! Under the expert guidance of Japanese quilling artist Motoko Maggie Nakatani, one of the world's...

The creation of the British Galleries 1500-1900 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, was the largest gallery project for 50 years at the world's most important museum of design...

Discover the joy of cleaning with this cheery and thoughtful guide to tidying up and turning your house into a home. Patric Richardson is known as "The Laundry Evangelist," but...

A stunning stained glass window becomes a lens through which to view the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany and intersecting arcs of art and design in America. The story of...

Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture 'But art has nothing to do with forgery, with lies. The paths of...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

Author: Tom BuchananFormat: Hardback, 168mm x 240mm, 1210g, 336 pagesPublished: Eight Books, United Kingdom, 2022"A fascinating journey into a labyrinthine world, this is an inclusive, in-depth compendium of artists imaginations...