The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures

The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures - Hardcover

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The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures - Hardcover

The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures - Hardcover

by Elizabeth Wilhide
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Book Overview

An essential resource for any designer, crafter, artist, or historian, The Complete Pattern Dictionary is the most comprehensive, practical, and beautiful directory of patterns throughout history, covering all periods, styles, and cultures.

Throughout history, patterns have come in countless permutations of motif, color, and scale. From the first rhythmic marks pressed onto clay vessels, to the latest digital design, pattern-making has been an essential part of the decorative arts since time immemorial.

With 1500 illustrations of patterns from all ages and cultures, The Complete Pattern Dictionary is not only a visual feast, it is the most comprehensive resource available on the subject. The book is arranged thematically according to pattern type, with chapters on Flora, Fauna, Pictorial, Geometric, and Abstract designs. Each pattern includes the name of the pattern, the year of its creation, and a brief description. The categories are supplemented by in-depth features highlighting the work of key designers including William Morris, Sonia Delaunay, Charles and Ray Eames, Lucienne Day, and Orla Kiely, as well as sections detailing the characteristic motifs of key period styles from Baroque to Art Deco.
ISBN9780316418232
Author Elizabeth Wilhide
PublisherBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers
GenreDesign
FormatHardcover
PublishedNovember 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages672
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures - Hardcover

The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures - Hardcover

By Elizabeth Wilhide

About Elizabeth Wilhide

Elizabeth Wilhide is the author of many books on design and interiors. She has co-authored several books with Terence Conran including The Essential House Book, Terence Conran on Design, Plain Simple Useful and Conran on Colour. Most recently, she was consultant editor and contributor to Design: The Whole Story. She lives in London.

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