Fantastic & ornamental drawings1969

Swirling with gargoyles, devils, dragons, griffins, and other images that haunt both dreams and nightmares, this otherworldly assortment features more than 100 decorations from a rare nineteenth-century volume. Decorations include: cartouches in the style of Louis XIII, stone balustrades, arabesques, roof cornices, Renaissance-era drawing-room cabinets, Elizabethan chimney pieces, plus friezes for textiles and wallpaper, decorative scutcheons, mirror frames, and much more. These versatile royalty-free illustrations are equally suitable for immediate use, adaptation, and inspiration. - Back cover.