Pattern Design: A Period Design Sourcebook

Hardback

Main Details

Title Pattern Design: A Period Design Sourcebook
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sian Evans
SeriesNational Trust Art & Illustration
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 220,Width 220
Category/GenreIndustrial / commercial art and design
ISBN/Barcode 9781905400676
ClassificationsDewey:745.409
Audience
General
Illustrations 550 illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint National Trust Books
Publication Date 1 September 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This collection of over 300 designs covers wallpaper, textiles, furnishings, costume, tiles and ceramics. The designs range from medieval through renaissance and the 19th century right up to the 1950s; from classic French 17th-century wallpaper through William Morris pomegranate designs to 1950s children''s wallpaper. One of the world's best collections of period designs brought together as an invaluable resource for designers of all kinds, from fabric, textile, wallpaper, stained glass to graphic and fashion designers. This collection of over 300 designs covers wallpaper, textiles, furnishings, costume, tiles and ceramics. The designs range from medieval through renaissance and the 19th century right up to the 1950s; from classic French 17th-century wallpaper through William Morris pomegranate designs to 1950s children's wallpaper. The book is arranged by type of design and motifs and periods and genres to make it as accessible to designers as possible. An index at the back helps make readers find the right motif, style or pattern. Though the designs have a strong European flavour it does feature Asian and Middle Eastern designs that have reached the unsurpassable National Trust collection.

Author Biography

Cultural historian Sian Evans worked for the National Trust for many years as Senior Press Officer and before that at the Victoria & Albert Museum and Design Museum. In recent years she has written many books including Life Below Stairs, Ghosts: Mysterious Tales from the National Trust, and Pattern Design: A Period Design Sourcebook all for National Trust Books.