Traditional Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople by Madeleine Orban-Szontagh

Hundreds of superb copyright-free designs ~ adapted from patterns on antique textiles ~ are available now to artists and craftspeople in this attractive collection. Noted artist and surface designer Madeleine Orban-Szontagh has masterfully rendered nearly 320 designs from French, English, German, Swiss and Russian textiles of the 18th and 19th centuries. Featured are profusions of flowers, leaves, sprays, branches, fruits and birds in a wide variety of formats: clusters, bouquets, single vignettes and more. Also included are several full-page motifs with a single large, elaborate flower. Captions supply a brief description, date and place of origin for the designs on each page.

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