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Compositions mingling calligraphic mottos, quotations or anniversary dates with appropriate designs.

An original tale in the Comanche oral tradition written by a ten-year-old boy and illustrated in full-color by a gifted Cherokee artist. Telling how buffalo came to be, the story underscores courage and compassion and pays homage to the Native American reverence towards animals taken for food.

Serpents, monsters, calendar stone designs, eagles, sun designs, architectural ornaments, pottery decoration and other designs.

Authentic American designs of the 19th and 20th centuries.

When presented in fine line drawings by a trained and observant artist-historian, architectual elements are among the finest sources of pure design inspiration.Here are the detailed facades and interiors of numerous rowhouses still standing in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., ranging from the late 1700s to the mid 1900s.Styles represented include Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Early and High Victorian, Ed...

Authentic floral, animal and geometric signs by early American craftspeople.

This collected edition combines the three following books, placing designs at the reader's fingertips.

Carved and linear designs taken from ceremonial and utilitarian objects.

Beadwork, wood, ivory, bronze, etc., drawn from Grasslands tribes.

The designs and patterns collected in this book cut across centuries of distinctive and elegant Spanish design, and represent a long and unique cultural development which will most assuredly contribute to a lasting heritage. All individual designs in this book may be used in any manner without permission.

Everyone admired the little peach tree that Farmer Pomeroy planted, and looked forward to the fine peaches it would produce. Even the South Wind and the birds loved and watched over it ? and it was they who first told the Pomeroy children that a horde of health and hungry young aphids had decided to make it their home. Soon the little tree was in a terrible state, but Farmer Pomeroy knew just what to do. He invited a horde of equally healthy a...

The thirteen nature tales collected here are from eight different tribes of eastern and western North America. Illustrated with fine black-and-white line drawings.

Movie posters--those colorful and glorious harbingers of pleasures "Coming Soon" to the local Strand, Roxy and Bijou---have become a people's art form to be enjoyed on their own merits, and to be admired and valued for their aesthetic and historical significance. These colorfully-inviting posterss exploited the themes as much as the art and popular culture of the times. All individual designs in the book may be used in any manner without permi...

This is a beautifully readable visual essay about the history and diversity of the "middle garden', the area that surrounds a home and extends out to the public realm, such as the sidewalk, alley, or street. It examines the vital nature of this space and how its purpose has always been more than mere decoration.

This is a comprehensive reference guide. Along with pictorial and production guides covering all major pieces, the book provides a narrative history describing the Company's growth and evolution, a description of the design process (brought to life through the stories of crafting over twenty prototypes) and a furniture authentication section, that details labelling and branding practices coupled with other identifying characteristics. The book...

Greg Budig does for Winter what he did for Fall in I Hear the Wind. In his words and illustrations, he leads the reader through woods, fields and snow-covered streets to the tempo of a world made white. While written for children, this winter walk will captivate people of all ages.

Providing homes to the fish that swim deep below the waves, the plants that live along the banks, and the birds and insects that float on the surface, fresh water is a diverse and dynamic habitat. Find out which creatures live in this vibrant ecosystem from A to Z. Sylvester Allreds fun-to-read facts and Diane Iversons skillful drawings make it easy to dive right in.

This entertaining account about the world of insects tells young readers which insects are to be left alone, which are not a threat, and how to tell the difference with descriptions ending in funny little poems combined with informative facts. Illustrations.

These superb ornaments in the form of columns, plinths, borders, friezes and cornices are from period books meant to be used by artists and craftsmen as well as architects. Dragons and gargoyles abound -- the very stuff of Victorian Gothic.

Gold jewelry, regalia and ritual objects of North and West Africa.