Clip Art category: 192 books

With its dragons and fish, flowers and foo dogs, this magnificent new archive of Chinese designs newly rendered represents an exotic archive of royalty-free art. Hundreds of crisp black-and-white images based on authentic artifacts appear here, in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. 361 black-and-white illustrations.

Republished unabridged from the final comprehensive edition, this work contains the largest single-volume collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. It reproduces material from Greek and Roman, medieval European, Islamic, Renaissance, baroque, and early nineteenth-century art, architecture,...

This immensely usable archive of vintage illustrations not only offers a wonderful window on the goods and merchandise of a bygone era, but is an absolute treasure trove of easily reproducible graphic art as well.Some 2,300 cuts culled from such rare nineteenth-century periodicals as The Art Journal,...

Magnificent collection of floral patterns and stencil designs, created by one of the movement's finest artists, includes 120 images of graceful garden flowers —foxglove, hollyhocks, columbine, lilies, among others, and 39 stencil designs of blossoming trees, reeds, mushrooms, oak leaves, peacocks, and more.

A virtually inexhaustible supply of royalty-free graphics of timeless appeal, reproduced from a turn-of-the-century French type foundry catalog, ideal for a wide range of art and craft projects. Subjects range from food and drink to vehicles and machines to sports and music. The style ranges from realism to Art Nouveau.

The most original and most powerful design art produced in the Western Hemisphere is also its most indigenous: that of the Indian, in innumerable cultures existing from prehistory to the arrival of the white man, reaching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. It owes, of course, nothing to Europe...

The lovely images in this rare collection comprise one of the most comprehensive surveys of mid-19th-century Japanese art and ornamentation. Included are graceful details from landscapes, floral motifs, abstracts, illustratons of sea life, and other subjects-ideal for use in a host of art and craft projects. Over 300 figures on 65 plates.

Classic portfolio includes 197 original designs, shown on 48 color plates: arrowhead, blackberry, buttercup, columbine, gourd, honeysuckle, iris, thistle, more; plus animal motifs: seahorses, kingfishers, peacocks, others, as well as some rarely associated with ornamental beauty such as rats and lizards. "An attractive and useful reference source." — Theatre Craft.

Magnificent motifs reproduced from rare original edition: florals, foliates, female figures, pastoral landscapes, more. Ideas for craftspeople and designers.

More than 300 dazzling illustrations of dowagers and debutantes, soldiers and sailors, mandarins and Indians, and gentlemen of every description sporting top hats, powdered wigs, and other regalia. Royalty-free images will add appealing old-time flavor to art and craft projects and graphic assignments. Ideal as well for use in scrapbooks and memory albums.

More than 350 decorative designs in this impressive collection, including 256 letters, display the glories of extant medieval manuscripts. Rare letters and borders that once enhanced medieval bibles and other rare manuscripts are ornamented with exquisite florals, curvilinear motifs interwoven with religious figures, and other exquisite embellishments.

Superb treasury, meticulously reproduced from a rare portfolio, depicts a host of authentic Japanese designs, including images of florals, animal life, and geometrics. These intricate, subtly shaded motifs, portrayed in the manner of stylized Japanese art, still retain their enormous appeal almost a century after they were first printed. 108 full-color designs.

2,200 illustrations from 19th-century archive include tombs, bridges, temples, mythological and religious figures, Egyptian painting, Greek sculpture, much more.

This stunning collection of 284 rare designs is a bonanza for artists and craftspeople seeking distinctive patterns with a South American Indian flavor. The carefully adapted, authentic motifs include animal and totemic designs, geometric and rectilinear figures, abstracts, grids, and many other styles in a wide range of shapes and sizes.