wyszukanych pozycji: 109
Metallic Textile Designs
ISBN: 9780764306358 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) They're hot, they're shiny, and they're oh-so-glamorous. The mettle of movie star wardrobes, the spark that lights brides' eyes, and the flash that marks music videos-metallic fabrics have defined glamour for half a century. This book revisits metallics past, with historic fabric swatches from Europe and Japan dating back to the 1950s, and takes us to today's top European couture houses in a visual exploration of metallics' allure. In all, 237 pictures will provide inspiration for designers and insight for fashion historians.
They're hot, they're shiny, and they're oh-so-glamorous. The mettle of movie star wardrobes, the spark that lights brides' eyes, and the flash that ma...
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103,69 zł |
Paisley: A Visual Survey of Pattern and Color Variations
ISBN: 9780764305467 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Paisley textile designs are organized into a sweeping visual survey, from orderly foulard patterns to elaborate borders, from experimental media to ornate florals; this book delves into printed and woven fabrics alike. More than 550 full-color photographs of paisley designs provide an invaluable optical reference of variations that span more than five decades of fabric design, including French and Italian couture fabrics. It is the most comprehensive pictorial guide produced on the subject.
Paisley textile designs are organized into a sweeping visual survey, from orderly foulard patterns to elaborate borders, from experimental media to or...
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125,53 zł |
The Story of Storybook Land
ISBN: 9780764329579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Story Book Land, near Atlantic City, New Jersey, is a wonderful treasure youll want to share. It lives on as one of Americas few remaining family-owned amusement parks. Designed for children 10 and under, its equally delightful for their chaperones. The lovingly cared for park is furnished with antiques and lavished with flowers, its rides and attractions related to favorite childhood stories and rhymes. Meet the creators of this park, share their memories, and relive your own. Each page of this book promises to evoke shared memories of moments in the enchanted little woods.
Story Book Land, near Atlantic City, New Jersey, is a wonderful treasure youll want to share. It lives on as one of Americas few remaining family-owne...
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103,69 zł |
Art Deco Era Textile Designs
ISBN: 9780764306501 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) More than 300 historic fabric samples from the mid-1920s and 1930s provide a visual textbook of design ideas prevalent during the Art Deco era. These were the everyday fabrics used for housedresses and curtains, adorned with the era's predominate geometric creations and spiced with the exotic inspirations that spurred one of the most popular artistic movements of all times. This book is an invaluable reference guide for costume historians and a treasure trove of inspiration for designers.
More than 300 historic fabric samples from the mid-1920s and 1930s provide a visual textbook of design ideas prevalent during the Art Deco era. These ...
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103,69 zł |
Fun Felt Crafts: Penny Rugs and Pretty Things from Recycled Wool
ISBN: 9780764332999 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) It costs very little to get started, the skills are easy to master, and the projects take only a few hours. You'll quickly be addicted to this enjoyable craft; and friends and family will rave about their gifts. Christmas ornaments, decorative penny rugs, pretty pouches, and floral brooches are among the featured projects. With some recycled old wool clothing, a few pretty yarns and threads, sharp scissors, and a good needle, you're on your way, and this is a portable craft that tucks in a purse and goes with you to boring meetings, hockey matches, and doctors' waiting rooms. Clear,...
It costs very little to get started, the skills are easy to master, and the projects take only a few hours. You'll quickly be addicted to this enjoyab...
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65,47 zł |
Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Early 1940s: Early 1940s
ISBN: 9780764317552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Enter an ultra-patriotic era of "military mood" fashions, replete in red, white, and blue. One in a series of books from Schiffer Publishing documenting fashion trends in America, this is an invaluable resource for fashion designers looking to revive and rework retro styles, for costume designers working to recreate an era, and for collectors and historians wanting to document vintage clothing. A visual treasure chest, this book offers more than 400 full-color photographs, with thousands of items of clothing, shoes, and accessories pictured, along with detailed descriptions. A guide to retail...
Enter an ultra-patriotic era of "military mood" fashions, replete in red, white, and blue. One in a series of books from Schiffer Publishing documenti...
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152,83 zł |
Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Mid 1950s: Mid 1950s
ISBN: 9780764316203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. One in a series of books from Schiffer Publishing documenting fashion trends in America. These books are an invaluable resource for costume designers working to recreate an era, for collectors trying to document vintage clothing, and for fashion designers looking to revive and rework retro styles. A visual treasure chest, this book has nearly 400 images, with thousands of items of clothing pictured. Here is a picture encyclopedia of hats and hairstyles, gloves and galoshes. A complete catalog of America's mainstream clothing, with images of everything from collars to pant cuffs.
One in a series of books from Schiffer Publishing documenting fashion trends in America. These books are an invaluable resource for costume designers ...
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142,52 zł |
Flower Power: Prints from the 1960s
ISBN: 9780764306754 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Take a close-up look at far-out fabric designs from the 1960s in full, cool colors. All the orange, hot pink, and sky blue the era's most fertile imaginations could conjure. Featured are more than 300 striking swatches from top couture houses in Paris and Milan, bold flower prints on silk, cotton, and the acetates and polyesters that helped shape fashion's most eye-popping era.
Take a close-up look at far-out fabric designs from the 1960s in full, cool colors. All the orange, hot pink, and sky blue the era's most fertile imag...
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103,69 zł |
Window Seats & Built-Ins
ISBN: 9780764319334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Discover creative and unique ways to increase seating, utilize storage space, and spice up a room with dozens of full color photographs displaying beautiful window seats and other built-in seating. Whether it's your most lived-in area, kitchen, bath, or even your home office, window seats offer comfort and style to the home. This book includes ideas on how to change the look and feel of a room with a window seat, and offers a resource guide to help homeowners transform the possibilies into realities.
Discover creative and unique ways to increase seating, utilize storage space, and spice up a room with dozens of full color photographs displaying bea...
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103,69 zł |
Casting Concrete Countertops
ISBN: 9780764328657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Finally there is a simple book for do-it-yourselfers who want to undertake a small countertop project. Follow several countertops projects step-by-step through the process of molding, pour, and finishing. Projects include cast-in-place, pre-cast, and hand-packed. Doug Bannister demonstrates time-tested techniques and his break-through formulas for countertops that set up fast and stand up to quick finishing, installation, and long-term use. Years of experience can translate into a weekend project, like the kitchen and bathroom vanity projects illustrated in this wonderful, long-awaited book....
Finally there is a simple book for do-it-yourselfers who want to undertake a small countertop project. Follow several countertops projects step-by-ste...
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125,53 zł |
Wine Cellars: An Exploration of Stylish Storage
ISBN: 9780764319655 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) This thorough and inspiring book provides a vicarious tour of the best in wine bottle storage. Visit more than 100 absolutely stunning, private wine cellars in over 200 beautiful color photographs. Peruse racking systems, tasting tables, and artful touches, created by leading wine cellar designers, including Paul Wyatt, Kathleen Valentini, Gary LaRose, and Doug Smith. Additionally, this is a guidebook to wine cellars in some of the world's most renowned hotels and restaurants, where private parties can reserve a table and dine amidst coveted vintages. The book also visits handsome displays in...
This thorough and inspiring book provides a vicarious tour of the best in wine bottle storage. Visit more than 100 absolutely stunning, private wine c...
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251,11 zł |
The Sneaker Book: 50 Years of Sports Shoe Design
ISBN: 9780764321887 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Sneakers are more than just athletic shoes - they are also fashion statements, status symbols, and cultural icons.
This book traces the progression of sneaker design from the early canvas-topped rubber soles to the hi-tech innovations of the late 1980s. Over 450 color and black-and-white images compiled from magazine advertisements that date back to 1940 explore a half-century of athletic shoe design for track, football, soccer, baseball, basketball, running, tennis, and casual wear. Included are designs by Converse, Keds, Adidas, Nike, Puma, Reebok, and New Balance, among other companies.... Sneakers are more than just athletic shoes - they are also fashion statements, status symbols, and cultural icons.
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201,97 zł |
Stripes: A Survey of Fabric Designs
ISBN: 9780764304828 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Here's the skinny on stripes: a zigzag tour of the form through seventy years of fabric design. Nearly 600 pictures of historic fabric swatches from all over the world provide a virtual treasure chest of design ideas, from the prim floral fashions of the 1940s to the outrageous color combinations and painterly couture fabrics released by the top design houses in Paris during the 1960s. Brilliant photographs provide a visual survey of stripes' many forms, from woven-in to imitation weaves, from wavy lines to prim and proper pin stripes. This is the largest full-color photographic album of...
Here's the skinny on stripes: a zigzag tour of the form through seventy years of fabric design. Nearly 600 pictures of historic fabric swatches from a...
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125,53 zł |
Foulards: A Picture Book of Prints for Men's Wear
ISBN: 9780764312564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) More than 350 photographs of historic fabric swatches explore design variations in foulards, the small motifs printed on silks and related fabrics that were intended for men's ties and dressing gowns. Take an inspiring visual tour of designs, from the traditional to pop art, in foulard prints. An invaluable guide for the historian and student, a treasure of ideas and inspiration for designers.
More than 350 photographs of historic fabric swatches explore design variations in foulards, the small motifs printed on silks and related fabrics tha...
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125,53 zł |
Dots: A Pictorial Essay on Pointed, Printed Patterns
ISBN: 9780764306341 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Dots of great variety, in all their minuscule glory, are depicted in 540 color photographs of historic fabric swatches. Dots are among the most useful tools available to today's more sophisticated designers, providing background for any number of motifs or standing alone in a pointed fashion statement. A must-have reference for the professional textile historian, textile designer, fashion designer, and costume designer, this book is an invaluable encyclopedia of dotty design ideas.
Dots of great variety, in all their minuscule glory, are depicted in 540 color photographs of historic fabric swatches. Dots are among the most useful...
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125,53 zł |
Historic Slate Roofs: With How-To Info and Specifications
ISBN: 9780764330018 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) The National Slate Association compiled a comprehensive overview of slate roofs in 1926, covering everything from characteristics and important data with regard to slate and the specifics of construction. This book gets an update here, with contemporary color images of historic slate roofs, as well as a color-section detailing a contemporary roof being installed. This is an informative book, sure to be treasured by restoration professionals, architects, and specifiers.
The National Slate Association compiled a comprehensive overview of slate roofs in 1926, covering everything from characteristics and important data w...
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125,53 zł |
Pure Deck-Adence: A Guide to Beautiful Decks
ISBN: 9780764304453 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Pure Deck-adence: A Guide to Beautiful Decks is a fantasy collection of real-life deck photos from all over the United States. From the humblest of condo balcony walkouts to the most elaborate sprawling wood structures, Pure Deck-adence explores the many possibilities of add-on outdoor home improvements. This pictorial essay explores America's fascination with outdoor living, from barbecue-centered constructions to the new immersion in hot tub culture. More than 240 full-color photographs provide a rich resource of ideas for those who dream of expanding their homes, and their horizons, with...
Pure Deck-adence: A Guide to Beautiful Decks is a fantasy collection of real-life deck photos from all over the United States. From the humblest of co...
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152,83 zł |
Abstract Textile Designs
ISBN: 9780764306747 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) An art form often ignored gets its due in this collection of historic prints. The abstract genre, as it has been applied to the textiles of everyday life--from upholstery fabrics and curtains to the wearable art we don daily--is explored through photographs of 300 fabric swatches from couture houses in Italy, France, and the United States. This colorful volume is a must-have for up-and-coming textile and fashion designers ready to take a lesson from their anonymous predecessors in the everyday gallery of art.
An art form often ignored gets its due in this collection of historic prints. The abstract genre, as it has been applied to the textiles of everyday l...
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103,69 zł |
Home Theaters and Electronic Houses
ISBN: 9780764319570 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) Pull up a seat for a colorful tour of sound-proofed, silver-screened retreats fit for movie stars, Starship commanders, and sultans. Take an ultra-privileged tour through some of today's finest high-tech homes, where room-by-room sensors and touch-pad controls put lighting, sound, temperature, and security at your command. Watch screens descend or ascend from unexpected hiding places, projectors appear, and windows disappear in James-Bond-like mechanical transitions. And enjoy flat-screen and plasma entertainments in the most unexpected places: shower stalls, pool rooms, home sports bars, and...
Pull up a seat for a colorful tour of sound-proofed, silver-screened retreats fit for movie stars, Starship commanders, and sultans. Take an ultra-pri...
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223,81 zł |
Flapper Era Fashions from the Roaring '20s
ISBN: 9780764320750 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) New in our successful collection of books showcasing historical, every day fashions comes an assortment of photographs documenting trends in the mid-1920s. During post-World War I's economic revival, women emerged from an era of corsets, long gowns, and formality to express their independence. Sheath dresses were designed to mimic mannish styles, while hemlines and haircuts were shortened. Even men's suits changed, to include exaggerated shoulders and an emphasis on narrow hips. Children often were dressed to honor recent war heroes. More than 380 beautiful images feature hundreds of clothing...
New in our successful collection of books showcasing historical, every day fashions comes an assortment of photographs documenting trends in the mid-1...
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152,83 zł |