Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history's most elegant patterns and ornamental designs. The World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet's L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875-1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manu*, textile and ceramic ornament. Encompassing classical, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Asian and Middle-Eastern, as well as European designs from medieval times through the 19th century, this compilation of cultures and esthetics offers a primary reference for artists, historians, designers and patternmakers, and anyone engaged in decorative design and impact.,

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美国园艺作家对花园芳香的一次带插图的完整概述。 受欢迎的园艺作家Ken Druse在一部充满新知识的重要著作中对花园的芳香进行了全面概述。他将我们熟悉的和不同寻常的园林植物、灌木和树木分成12类，为园艺师们提供了类别广泛的香味供他们探索和享受，他还提供了能给人带来和谐香味愉悦感的花园设计实例。Ellen Hoverkamp贡献了由她拍摄的在文章中讨论的花卉和植物的巧妙的植物图像。这些配上Druse获奖的花园照片，创造出一本外观漂亮，富含信息量又引人遐想的书。 A complete illustrated survey of fragrance in the garden by America s leading garden writer Popular garden writer Ken Druse offers a complete survey of fragrance in the garden, in a major work filled with new knowledge. He arranges both familiar and unusual garden plants, shrubs, and trees into 12 categories, giving gardeners a vastly expanded palate of scents to explore and

Fashionary Bag Design book is the most practical bag encyclopedia, a complete handbook for bag designers and bag lovers. Differential from ordinary bag design books, the Fashionary Bag Design is a complete handbook focusing on the practical needs of handbag designers.,

The best-selling and highly regarded reference to sustainable construction gets an update! It聮s refreshed with a completely revised introduction, a bright new cover, and extensive online resource tie-ins. This groundbreaking book doesn聮t just tell you about 聯green聰 house-building techniques: it actually shows you, with more than 1,200 step-by-step photographs that follow the actual erection of an alternative building from site selection to final-touch interior details. Readers will get a clear sense of the real world challenges as Snell and Callahan create a lovely country cottage using four methods: straw bale, cob, cordwood, and modified stick-frame. Along with sidebars throughout, there聮s a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of building construction, alternative approaches, and designing a beautiful yet environmentally responsible home. Building Green was the first book of its kind聴and it remains heads and shoulders above other titles in this field. ,

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