3200 Old-Time Cuts and Ornaments - Brossura

Allainguillaume & Cie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486417328 ISBN 13: 9780486417325

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2001

Riassunto

An ideal sourcebook for artists and designers, this collection comprises a cornucopia of appealing royalty-free designs, illustrations, and embellishments, brought together from a rare catalog published by a note French typography foundry at the turn of the last century. More than 100 of the best plates from that catalog — containing over 3,200 clear, detailed illustrations and covering an enormous range of subjects — have been painstakingly reproduced in this volume.
Among the eye-catching spot illustrations and motifs included here are fruits, flowers, plants, and trees; animals; playing cards; angels, saints, and religious motifs; musical instruments; carriages and sailing vessels; sporting events; household furnishings and equipment; hats, shoes, parasols, and other clothing items; military figures in full garb; and much more. Here also are ornamental borders, elaborate mortised cuts, banners, wreaths, and a host of other line are ideal for framing, embellishing, or calling attention to printed matter.
This comprehensive selection of charming cuts from a bygone era will provide artists and illustrators with a nearly inexhaustible supply of royalty-free graphics awash in period ambience — perfect for use in catalogs, brochures, newsletters, and a host of other artistic and print projects.

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Product Description

This selection of over 100 plates from a rare turn-of-the-century catalog provides graphic designers, artists, and craftspeople with a wealth of eye-catching spot illustrations and motifs. Originally compiled by a noted French typography foundry, this versatile archive includes over 3,200 clear, detailed illustrations of an enormous range of subjects: fruits, flowers, plants and trees; musical instruments, religious figures, carriages and sailing vessels, sporting events, farm animals and equipment, household furnishings, hats, shoes, parasols and other clothing items; military figures in full garb, and much more. Here also are ornamental borders, elaborate mortised cuts, banners, wreaths, and a host of other line art ideal for framing, embellishing, or calling attention to printed matter. Painstakingly reproduced here, these charming, copyright-free cuts from a bygone era will provide artists and illustrators with a nearly inexhaustible supply of copyright-free graphics awash in period ambience.

Contenuti

Frames, Borders, Scrolls, and Wreaths Transportation Headpieces and Tailpieces, Ornaments Religious Subjects General Subjects, Miscellaneous Menu Designs Food and Drink Music Nature Military Goods and Merchandise, Trade Cuts Flowers and Plants Maritime Animals and Sports

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0486417328
• ISBN 13: 9780486417325
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 107
• Redattore: Cirker Blanche