Highest quality illustrations and designs in rich, brilliant color. Permission-free. Both CD-ROM and large-format book sold as a set. Hard-to-find graphics from rare period sources. New original art by top artists and illustrators.
Each Dover Full-Color Design Set contains:
One CD-ROM will full-color graphics scanned at 300 DPI and saved in TIFF format. Can be used with any Macintosh and Windows compatible computer with a CD-ROM drive and 5MB of RAM.
One large format (9 1/4" X 12 1/4") 48-page book printed on one side only with every image on the CD-ROM.
Full-Color Fruit Crate Labels CD-ROM and Book
92 brilliantly colored, copyright-free images that once decorated old-fashioned crates of Florida grapefruit and oranges, Louisiana sweet potatoes, Oregon pears, New York State grapes, and dozens of other products
Full-Color Cigar Labels CD-ROM and Book
Admired for their fine detail and decorative flourishes, the labels that once adorned cigar boxes were masterpieces of early commercial art. The high-quality, permission-free graphics in this CD-ROM and book set include 89 of these attractive designs, among them images of lovely ladies, cowboys, sailors, dogs, eagles, racehorses, and other miniature works of art.
Full-Color Fruit and Flower Illustrations CD-ROM and Book
Over 300 vivid, copyright-free illustrations of nature’s beauties. Includes lush images of roses, daisies, poppies, forget-me-nots, and a host of additional blossoms, as well as mouth-watering depictions of peaches, plums, grapes, pears, apples, and other fruits.
120 Great Fashion Designs, 1900–1950, CD-ROM and Book
Elegant ball gowns and opera cloaks from the Belle Epoque, lovely summer frocks and tailored suits from the Roaring Twenties, seductive evening dresses from the 1930s, and dramatic cocktail dresses from the 1940s.
Full-Color Art Nouveau Designs and Motifs CD-ROM and Book
Borders, panels, scrolls, wall friezes, and other design elements--selected from a rare early-twentieth-century stylebook--contain a vast assortment of motifs, among them tangled ivy vines and voluptuous sprays of tulips and lilies; sea life, parrots, and peacocks; and lovely women with flowing tresses, all sensually rendered in subtle hues.
140 Great Fashion Designs, 1950–2000, CD-ROM and Book
Five decades of glamorous, copyright-free designs include classic Chanel suits, a trapeze-line wedding dress by St. Laurent, an innovative Courrèges pantsuit, a minidress by Mary Quant, a chic shirtdress by Halston, Laura Ashley’s signature country prints, a gorgeous summer gown by Carolina Herrera, and Galliano’s Scheherazade-inspired kimono and gown, all carefully researched and meticulously rendered for either computer or traditional cut-and-paste use. 140 full-color figures.
Full-Color Celtic Designs CD-ROM and Book
Add distinctive Celtic designs to stationery, menus, catalog and magazine pages--almost any graphic project--with this handy CD-ROM and book set. 117 striking, permission-free motifs include four-footed beasts with wings, religious figures with halos, serpentine scrolls, bizarre creatures that form intricately woven motifs, letters of the alphabet incorporating highly stylized designs, and other graphic elements.
Full-Color Floral Vignettes CD-ROM and Book
These richly varied floral designs, selected from rare chromolithographs, depict sunflowers, dahlias, rosebuds, and other individual blossoms, as well as sprays, bouquets, and wreaths featuring combinations of favorite flowers. Many of the illustrations incorporate winsome portraits of youngsters, poetic messages, hearts, and cherubs. 429 full-color illustrations.
Full-Color Decorative Butterfly Illustrations CD-ROM and Book
This treasury of dazzling butterfly illustrations—accurately portrayed in a wide array of colors and sizes—offers illustrators, graphic artists, and craftspeople a glorious variety of eye-catching design options. The 388 finely rendered images are perfect for adding a graceful touch to poster art, fabrics, stationery, newsletters, catalogs, and many other projects.
Full-Color Decorative Bird Illustrations CD-ROM and Book
These 456 colorful images of birds, drawn from rare Victorian-era publications, will help illustrators and graphic artists add a touch of natural beauty to any project. Shown in a tremendous variety of styles and sizes, the motifs include chicks emerging from eggshells, elegant peacocks and pheasants, plump ducks, wide-eyed owls, and scores of other charming, whimsical images.
500 Full-Color Decorative Illustrations CD-ROM and Book
A host of decorative vignettes for artists, collagists and designers, including demure beauties, dashing gentlemen, cherubic youngsters, adorable animals, angels, portraits of cooks, clowns, musicians, revelers, celebrities (Washington, Beethoven, Shakespeare, and others) and much more. Numbered for easy reference, the finely rendered illustrations are ideal for use in a variety of art and craft projects. 504 illus.
Decorative Christmas Illustrations CD-ROM and Book
Hundreds of winsome, full-color illustrations—all from rare vintage publications—include images of jolly old St. Nicholas, evergreen wreaths and garlands, exuberant children playing with holiday gifts, and much more. The collection features 362 festive designs.
Full-Color Men and Women Illustrations CD-ROM and Book
Over 250 nostalgic images compiled from rare and expensive antique chromolithographs portray men and women from a broad range of historical periods and cultures--dowagers and debutantes, soldiers and sailors, mandarins, medieval monarchs, Indian princesses, and gentlemen of every description sporting top hats, powdered wigs, and other regalia. An inexhaustible source of material for printers, collagists, decoupeurs and other craftworkers.
Full-Color Heraldic Designs CD-ROM and Book
254 authentic coats of arms of royal families, institutions, guilds, towns, and cities depic lions, eagles, unicorns, dragons, antelope, turreted castles, crowns, fleurs de lis, and other devices.
Full-Color Frames and Borders CD-ROM and Book
Twelve full-page and 24 half-page designs incorporate flowers, butterflies, fans, and other images beloved by the Victorians. Each border has a specific theme: Christmas, music, gardens, birthdays, celestial figures, and more -- with several related images included with the frame. Over 200 permission-free designs.
Full-Color Celtic Frames and Borders CD-ROM and Book
Eye-catching labyrinthine designs, faithfully adapted from 59 authentic Celtic motifs, incorporate mythical creatures, birds, mermaids, abstract patterns, geometrical and animal forms, a handsome Celtic cross, and more.
Full-Color Nautical Vignettes CD-ROM and Book
Over 250 exquisite illustrations - reproduced from rare 19th and early 20th century prints. Sailors, ships, rowboats, lighthouses, swimmers, fish, shells, and other nautical motifs
Full-Color Pets Illustration CD-ROM and Book
294 vintage illustrations of ponies, parrots, puppies, kittens, fish, rabbits, lambs, youngsters with pets and other nostalgic images from rare late-Victorian and turn-of-the-century sources.
