The crafter's pattern sourcebook
Subtitle: 1,001 classic motifs from around the world and through the ages
By: Mary MacCarthy.
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Published: 1999
Place of publication: North Pomfret, Vt
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Handicraft -- Design.; Decoration and ornament -- Themes, motives.; Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts)
Table of contents: title: The techniques. Using an acetate grid -- Transferring a design -- Enlarging or reducing a motif -- A brief guide to the crafts (Knitting; Swiss darning (duplicate stitch); Needlepoint; Cross-stitch; Freehand embroidery; Machine embroidery; Couched beading; Appliqué; Decoupage; Cutting stencils; Stenciling; Cutting stamps; Stamping; Freehand painting; Painting on pottery and papier mache) -- Designing with motifs -- The patterns. North and South American designs (Native American; North American folk art; American art deco; Central and South American) -- Ancient Greek and Roman designs (Minoan and Etruscan; Ancient Greek; Ancient Roman) -- Egyptian and African designs (Ancient Egyptian; North African; Central and East African; South African; West African) -- Oriental designs (Chinese; Japanese; Korean; Indonesian) -- Mediterranean designs (French; Italian; Spanish and Portuguese) -- Scandinavian designs (Viking; Swedish; Danish; Finnish; Norwegian) -- Celtic and British designs (Celtic; Medieval; Elizabethan; Georgian and Regency; Victorian; Art Nouveau and Art Deco; Bloomsbury Group) -- Northern European designs (German; Austrian and Hungarian; Czech; Polish; Rumanian; Russian) -- South Asian designs (North Indian, Tibet, Nepal and Afghanistan; West Indian and Pakistan; Central and South Indian; East Indian) -- Motif sources.