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Plants and Their Application to Ornament

A Nineteenth-Century Design Primer

By Eugne Grasset, Introduction by David P. Becker

11 x 13 in; 104 pp;
72 color images
Hardcover
December 2007
ISBN 9780811861458
ISBN10 0811861457

SKU# 9780811861458

1 Review(s)
$35.00

Quick Overview

Elegant botanical illustrations from the classic 1897 design book Plants and Their Application to Ornament arereproduced in this lavish collection. Sure to delight artists, designers, and fans of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau styles, this...

Plants and Their Application to Ornament



Plants and Their Application to Ornament

Elegant botanical illustrations from the classic 1897 design book Plants and Their Application to Ornament arereproduced in this lavish collection. Sure to delight artists, designers, and fans of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau styles, this gorgeous volume features flowering plants depicted as realistic natural history-style illustrations and stylized images demonstrating plant-based design motifs used on textiles, wallpapers, and more. Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this deluxe edition presents an important art history artifact, a useful design reference, and a lovely and ornamental objet d'art.

 

Eugne Grasset (1841-1917) was a Paris-based graphic designer, author, and teacher.

David Becker is a research fellow in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Customer Reviews (Write a review)

Stunningly beautiful coffee table book

10/11/11| Holly Garrison
This is one of the most gorgeous books I've seen in ages. The floral illustrations are breathtaking, the hand-drawn 19th-century typography is beautiful, and the creamy antique paper stock is super lux. Jay Peter Salvas is credited as the designer, so mad props to him on a job well done!