http://www.casasugar.com Home sweet home. en http://www.casasugar.com/1521066 <a href="http://www.casasugar.com/1521066"><img width=134 height=160 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl0/6/61259/14_2008/Picture 5_0.large_0.jpg'></div></a><p><span class="inline left"></span>Anyone with a little design savvy, flower-philia, or an appreciation for the way that flowers' shapes lend themselves to pattern will covet <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7136/" target="_blank">Plants and Their Application to Ornament</a>. This reprint of Eugène Grasset 's 1897 design book features amazing botanical illustrations of a variety of flowers, from water lilies to lilacs. Each flower illustration is adapted as a pattern for use in such home design applications as rugs, stained glass windows, metalwork, and tile work. While I was smitten with nearly every illustration, I'm particularly partial to the gorgeous use of nasturtiums (seen on the cover), a flower that I often think of it as a pesky weed here in the Bay Area. A celebratory merging of the beauty of botanicals and art nouveau style, this book is sure to be a favored distraction on anyone's coffee table.<br /> <div class='gallery_thumbs ' ><div class=title><!-- gallery teaser --><a class=photo-count href='/gallery/504696'>View 6 Photos ›</a><!-- /gallery teaser --></div><ul></ul></div><br /> <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com" target="_blank">Source</a></p> http://www.casasugar.com/1521066#comment Home Library floral pattern Art Deco arts and crafts flower arte nouvau Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:00:01 -0700 CasaSugar http://www.casasugar.com/1521066