2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive)

"A neat little book" according to cherrychapstick. There are no actual stencils included in this book. It is a copy of a catalog from back when. The images are small. tiny thumbnail size. I am an artist and I can work with it anyways. I use it as a guide when recreating a similar design or pattern. For that reason I like it. I would have paid more money for more pages and some larger sized isolated patterns.. Lots of quality designs Amazon Customer I love these dover books. They are full of copyright free images, and often are of quality and artistic style that you won't find in more modern collections. You basically need to scan and cut these images, which I do that with an electronic di-cut machine- super easy.. Karo56 said Excellent Resource!. Really wonderful book. I was a little upset that some of the designs were very complex and very small, until I realized that this is a Reprint of the original company's design book, from the early 1900's. It shows the prices at that time, and that some of these designs are enormous, door surrounds, etc. I suddenly appreciated it much more. Great service and quick delivery.

1920 by H. Roessing of Chicago.Over 2,200 stencil designs include an enormous variety of attractive and boldly printed images: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliate patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, numerous animals (horses, lions, birds, etc.), mosaics, landscapes, and much more.Meticulously reprinted from original catalogs in the collection of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, these masterfully executed designs are an important source of copyright-free material invaluable for artists, illustrators, and craftspeople working with textiles, wallpaper, and other decorative products. Before the widespread development of modern interior decoration, builders and homeowners often relied on commercially available stencils to decorate ceilings and walls of houses and other structures. This volume reproduces two rare catalogs of such stencils, manufactured ca. Moreover, these ornamental motifs provide an invaluable record of American decorative tastes in the early years of the twentieth century.. 1918 and ca

From the Back CoverBefore the widespread development of modern interior decoration, builders and homeowners often relied on commercially available stencils to decorate ceilings and walls of houses and other structures. 1920 by H. 1918 and ca. Roessing of Chicago.Over 2,200 stencil designs include an enormous variety of attractive and boldly printed images: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliate patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and fi