A Treasury of Design for Artists and Craftsmen (Dover Pictorial Archive)

This is an amazing collection of design ideas from a variety of cultures. I have used it for inspiration for years, and needed to replace my old one. I have made copies for students (I work as a substitute teacher.) to color, and for my face painting idea book. I have used it to inspire my homemade card designs.

Art students in high school always return to our well loved, worn out copy of this book.The kids asked for a new copy for the art library! They love the design work includedin this book for all applications from clay glazing designs to silk screen patterns.A great, simple book.

Lots of ideas, lots of designs to choose from. Seems to be missing the last plate in the kindle edition though.

a good resource for my engraving hobby

Wonderful inspiration! Great royalty free graphics, just what I needed.

This book is great! It has a wide variety of beautiful designs and it shipped immediately!

TGIS WAS SUCH A GOOD BOOK I BOUGHT TWO

Lovely designs

The drawings are all black white and overall the effort put in this book is tremendous . As long as you have these as general ideeas you can feel free to change the fill and outline of these drawings as you wish . The paisleys section has some stunning intricate and beautifull patterns if you were to look for example at page 35-36 it's AMAIZING , I have no regrets.

As a student on a textiles based course I have found this collection of black and white patterns a good starting point to develop from. It would be useful for anyone needing artistic inspiration for basic designs allowing each person to put there own takes on how they are used.

Exactly what I wanted, originally published nearly 50 years ago so pre-dates the ubiquitous tangle-type designs ...

I am very happy with this purchase, book came in excellent condition, almost like new. Recommend!

Lovely book for sourcing patterns