Art Deco, the streamlined decorative style of the Twenties and Thirties, with its stylized geometric forms, continues to influence artists and designers. The popularity of Art Deco is seen everywhere in today's textiles, upholstery, wallpaper and dozens of graphic art forms.

This handsome collection presents 72 full-page original Art Deco designs - all copyright-tree and ready-to-use. Masterfully executed in pen and ink. these borders, frames and motifs combine circles, squares and other abstract forms with foliate and floral elements. William Rowe brings wit and vitality to a host of dynamic designs with inventive tonal effects and striking contrasts between geometric backgrounds and asymmetric flowers - irises, orchids and honeysuckles.

You'll find a multitude of applications for distinctive Art Deco borders and motifs. Use them to highlight advertisements, greeting cards, catalogs, menus and invitations, or to add graphic excitement to fabric designs, stationery, gift wrap and many other projects.

Designers, illustrators and craft enthusiasts will find in this unique volume a practical, inexpensive source of design inspiration - ready to add an eye-catching note of Art Deco tlavor.

Published in 1984 by Dover Publications

80 pages / Paperback