Sometimes you have to go back to go forward.
Elegant botanical illustrations from the classic 1897 design book Plants and Their Application to Ornament are reproduced in this lavish collection.
This book is beautiful to behold, it's wonderful pages will transport you not just through time, but also to the out of doors, and further to that place in your mind that appreciates beauty.
Sure to delight artists, designers, and fans of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau styles, this gorgeous volume features flowering plants depicted as realistic natural history-style illustrations and stylized images demonstrating plant-based design motifs used on textiles, wallpapers, and more.
This deluxe edition presents an important art history artifact, a useful design reference, and a lovely and ornamental objet d'art.
72 full color images in this delightful hardcover, measuring 11 x 13. Solid, substantial and a great gift for others (or yourself).
