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American Sampler Designs
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| Author: Dolores M. Andrew |
| Published by: Stemmer House Publishers Inc.,U.S. |
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For more than two centuries, stitching samplers provided the major form of education for young girls. What little knowledge of reading, mathematics and geography they gained from the discipline and long hours with the needle. Today, we study and enjoy all forms of samplers for their beauty and charm. In this book, the trees, flowers, animals, people and houses, as well as the alphabets that were the samplers primary exercise, are authentically recreated in black line drawings. The introduction provides insight into the creation of samplers, as well as an often neglected part of American history, the education of women.
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Art Deco Patterns & Designs
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| Author: Phoebe Ann Erb |
| Published by: Stemmer House Publishers, Inc |
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Art Deco's attraction is as magnetic today as in its earliest appearance in France, showcased eventually at the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs held in Paris in 1925. We may think we know the parameters of this avant-garde design genre, from the superb Chrysler Building to Florida's South Beach architecture to the designs inspired by Cubism and African, Aztec and Mayan art. This book, however, will surprise and delight the reader with its wealth of Art Deco designs, ranging from those that are well-known to many designs drawn from kitchenware, textiles, advertising and other sources researched by Phoebe Ann Erb in magazines, books and ephemera of the period. Their vitality, beauty, sophistication and wit are as fresh today as when first viewed by a captivated public.
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Aztec & Other Mexican Indian Designs
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| Author: Caren Caraway |
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Long before the European discovered the riches of America, the Mexican Indians had developed and passed on unique artistic traditions. The Aztecs in particular inherited the Toltec and Mixtec cultures, as well as instilling their own experiences and beliefs into the local artwork. A broad spectrum of these bold and intricate patterns and motifs -- serpents, monsters, calendar stone designs, eagles, sun-designs, architectural ornaments, pottery decoration, et cetera -- is presented here.
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Birdalphabet Encyclopedia Coloring Book
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| Author: Julia Pinkham |
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For ages 8-10. Birds play a vital part in the complex web of life on Earth -- scavenging, hunting, seed-sowing, fertilising the earth and delighting mankind with their beauty, while challenging us with their incredible ability to navigate the skies. In alphabetical order, Julia Pinkham describes and illustrates with fine line drawings many of the birds that inhabit the earth. Beginning with Amazon parrots and antpittas, she proceeds through gannets and grebes, manakins and merganser ducks, umbrella birds, yellow warblers and zenaida doves.
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