Pugin's Gothic Ornament: The Classic Sourcebook of Decorative Motifs with 100 Plates

By Augustus C. Pugin

This classic sourcebook of decorative motifs contains 100 plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements from such architectural landmarks as New College Chapel at Oxford and Rouen Cathedral.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Release date: Nov 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9780486155425

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DOVER PICTORIAL ARCHIVE SERIES

HERALDIC DESIGN: ITS ORIGINS, ANCIENT FORMS AND MODERN USAGE, Hubert Allcock. (0-486-42975-X)

VICTORIAN PATTERNS AND DESIGNS IN FULL COLOR, G.A. and M.A. Audsley. (0-486-25756-8)

PLANTS AND FLOWERS: 1,761 ILLUSTRATIONS FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, Alan E. Bessette and William K. Chapman (eds.). (0-486-26957-4)

ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS FROM ARCHITECTURAL SHEET METAL: THE COMPLETE BROSCHART & BRAUN CATALOG, CA. 1900, Jacob Broschart & Wm. A. Braun. (0-486-27039-4)

A GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE ORNAMENT AND DESIGN, Thomas W. Cutler. (0-486-42976-8)

TREASURY OF CHINESE DESIGN MOTIFS, Joseph D’Addetta. (0-486-24167-X)

PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORIC ORNAMENT 100 PLATES, H. Dolmetsch. (0-486-42834-6)

CHINESE LATTICE DESIGNS, Daniel Sheets Dye. (0-486-23096-1)

DESIGNS FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN Mexico, Jorge Enciso. (0-486-22794-4)

DECORATIVE FRAMES AND BORDERS, Edmund V. Gillon, Jr. (ed.). (0-486-22928-9)

ART NOUVEAU FRAMES AND BORDERS, Carol Belanger Grafton. (0-486-24513-6)

BANNERS, RIBBONS AND SCROLLS, Carol Belanger Grafton. (0-486-24443-1)

400 FLORAL MOTIFS FOR DESIGNERS, NEEDLEWORKERS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE, William Briggs and Co., Ltd., Carol Belanger Grafton (ed.). (0-486-25162-4)

HUMOROUS VICTORIAN SPOT ILLUSTRATIONS, Carol Belanger Grafton. (0-486-24896-8)

1,001 FLORAL MOTIFS AND ORNAMENTS FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE, Carol Belanger Grafton. (0-486-25352-X)

SILHOUETTES: A PICTORIAL ARCHIVE OF VARIED ILLUSTRATIONS, Carol Belanger Grafton (ed.). (0-486-23781-8)

TREASURY OF ANIMAL ILLUSTRATIONS: FROM EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SOURCES, Carol Belanger Grafton (ed.). (0-486-25805-X)

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