Fantastic Ornament: 110 Designs and Motifs

by Michel Lienard

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
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.

Genres: Reference, Art

64 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2006

Reviews

[Paige McLoughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

more beautiful patterns and carvings for my manor house.

[Kerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice examples of scrollwork and architectural ornamentation, but most designs contain animals or human/cherub faces or bodies.

[Nita Harper]

great reference book for graphics.

[Scott Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice publication of ornimentation from a time when this type of ornimentation was much harder to produce. I want to do some carving and burning from this work.

[Ahmed Mostafa]

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