Fantastic Ornament: 110 Designs and Motifs (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Swirling with gargoyles, devils, dragons, griffins, and other images that haunt both dreams and nightmares, this otherworldly assortment features more than 100 decorations from a rare nineteenth-century volume. Decorations include: Cartouches in the style of Louis XIII Stone balustrades Arabesques Roof cornices Renaissance-era drawing-room cabinets Elizabethan chimney pieces ... plus friezes for textiles and wallpaper, decorative scutcheons, mirror frames, and much more. These versatile royalty-free illustrations are equally suitable for immediate use, adaptation, and inspiration. • Author: Michel Li??ard • Publisher: Dover Publications • Publication Date: December 15, 2006 • Number of Pages: 64 pages • Language: English • Binding: Paperback • ISBN-10: 0486452298 • ISBN-13: 9780486452296