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V & A pattern. Indian florals / [essay by Rosemary Crill].
LIBRA NK1560 .V53 2009 1 v. + 1 CD-ROM
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Series:
- V&A pattern
- V & A pattern
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Textile design.
- History.
- Decoration and ornament--Plant forms.
- India.
- Victoria and Albert Museum--Catalogs.
- Decoration and ornament--Plant forms--India--History.
- Decoration and ornament.
- Textile design--India--History.
- Pattern books.
- Genre:
- Pattern books.
- Catalogs.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 66 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 cm + 1 CD-ROM (color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : V & A Pub., 2009.
- Summary:
- The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world's greatest museum of art and design, with a vast collection that been an unparalleled resource for designers for 150 years. This new series of pattern books presents the range of the V & A's superb collections. Beautifully designed, accessible, and informative, these little books are a repository of ideas and inspiration for designers of all kinds. Included in each volume is a CD of all the images shown within--to be redrawn, reworked, or even licensed for further use. The books are available individually or in a beautiful decorative slipcase. INDIAN FLORALS includes luscious patterns derived from plants and flowers have been used in India for centuries. Lotus flowers and floral meanders are seen in third-century Buddhist sites, and were given an additional dimension by European prints and books that made their way to the sub-continent in the early seventeenth century.
- Notes:
- Accompanied by a CD-ROM with digital images of the patterns in the book (as .jpg files @ ~A5 size, 300 dpi), and some text.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 69).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Victoria and Albert Museum. V & A pattern. Indian florals.
- ISBN:
- 9781851775866
- 1851775862
- OCLC:
- 317927220
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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