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Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color
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More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw's detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times.
Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.
Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.
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Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color - Henry Shaw
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)
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