Full-Color Frames and Borders


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Twelve full-page and 24 half-page designs incorporate a richly-colored profusion of flowers, butterflies, fans, and other images beloved by the Victorians. Each border devoted to specific themes: Christmas, music, gardens, birthdays, celestial figures, and more, with several topic-related images included with the frame. Over 200 royalty-free designs.




Old-Time Frames and Borders in Full Color


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DIV12 full-page and 24 half-page frames feature colorful collages of flowers, cherubs, butterflies, heart-felt messages, and more. Ideal for framing a variety of graphic projects or accenting collectibles in scrapbooks. /div




Celtic Frames and Borders


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These 59 authentic motifs, incorporating mythical creatures, birds, mermaids, abstract patterns, a handsome Celtic cross, and more, are suitable for computer or traditional cut-and-paste use.




Full-Color Celtic Designs


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Add distinctive Celtic designs to stationery, menus, catalog and magazine pages — almost any graphic project — with this handy CD-ROM and book set. 117 striking royalty-free motifs include winged creatures, religious figures, serpentine scrolls, letters of the alphabet incorporating highly stylized designs, plus a variety of frames and borders.




Scottish Tartans in Full Color


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DIVThe tartans of 72 Highland clans, each presented in a full-page, full-color, large-format illustration. With a new introduction to tartans by noted authority J. Charles Thompson. /div




286 Full-Color Animal Illustrations


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A spectacular range of wildlife appears in this fine collection of painstakingly accurate 19th-century drawings. Both artists and animal lovers will treasure these splendid illustrations of mammals, birds, fish, and insects.




Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color


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More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw's detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times. Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.







5000 Decorative Monograms for Artists and Craftspeople


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Voluminous, diversified collection of ornamental two-, three-, and four-letter combinations — all in a rich variety of styles, many incorporating crowns, coronets, and ancient and modern alphabets. 130 black-and-white plates.




Japanese Silk Designs in Full Color


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DIVReproductions from rare portfolio portray intricate, subtly shaded images of florals, animal life, and geometrics in the manner of stylized Japanese art. 108 full-color designs. /div