Decorative arts
Here are entered comprehensive works on the various art forms having some utilitarian as well as decorative purpose, including furniture, woodwork, silverware, glassware, ceramics, textiles, the decoration of buildings, etc.
See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.
Broader term:Related term:Narrower terms:- Decorative arts -- Asia
- Decorative arts -- Catalogs
- Decorative arts -- China
- Decorative arts -- Dictionaries
- Decorative arts -- England
- Decorative arts -- Europe
- Decorative arts -- Exhibitions
- Decorative arts -- France
- Decorative arts -- Germany
- Decorative arts -- History
- Decorative arts -- India
- Decorative arts -- Indonesia
- Decorative arts -- Italy
- Decorative arts -- Japan
- Decorative arts -- Mexico
- Decorative arts -- New York (State)
- Decorative arts -- Periodicals
- Decorative arts -- Polynesia
- Decorative arts -- Private collections
- Decorative arts -- Spain
- Decorative arts -- Sri Lanka
- Decorative arts -- Sweden
- Decorative arts -- United States
- Antiques
- Art metal-work
- Art objects
- Basketwork
- Calligraphy
- Carving (Decorative arts)
- Costume
- Decoration and ornament
- Decorative arts, Ancient
- Decorative arts, Early Christian
- Decorative arts, Frankish
- Decorative arts, Germanic
- Decorative arts, Medieval
- Enamel and enameling
- Figurines
- Furniture
- Glass art
- Islamic decorative arts
- Lace and lace making
- Lacquer and lacquering
- Leatherwork
- Mosaics
- Needlework
- Porcelain
- Pottery
- Tapestry
- Textile fabrics
- Woodwork
- Applied arts
- Art industries and trade
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Art Recreations, by L. B. Urbino (page images at MOA)- The Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris International Exhibition, 1878 (London: Virtue and Co., ca. 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Two Paths, by John Ruskin (Gutenberg text)
- The Basis for Artistic and Industrial Revival in India (Adyar, Chennai, India: The Theosophist Office, 1912), by E. B. Havell
- The Industrial Arts of India (2 volumes; London: Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, 1880), by George C. M. Birdwood
- The Industrial Arts of India (new edition in 2 parts; London: Pub for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, 1884), by George C. M. Birdwood
- Peasant Art in Italy (1913), ed. by Charles Holme
- Artistic Japan (6 volumes; 1888-1891), ed. by Siegfried Bing
- Design Quarterly (partial serial archives)
- The Art Interchange (partial serial archives)
- Art World (full serial archives)
- The Artist (American edition; New York: Truslov, Hanson and Comba, 1898-1902) (partial serial archives)
- Brush and Pencil (full serial archives)
- The Connoisseur (Philadelphia, 1886-1889) (partial serial archives)
- Art et Décoration (in French) (partial serial archives)
- "The Studio" Yearbook of Decorative Art (full serial archives)
- Polynesian Decorative Designs (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin #7; Honolulu: The Museum, 1923), by Ruth H. Greiner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mediaeval Sinhalese Art (Broad Campden: Essex House Press, 1908), by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Directions for Collectors of American Basketry (Bulletin of the United States National Museum #39, part P: Washington: GPO, 1902), by Otis T. Mason
- Ames' Guide to Self Instruction in Practical and Artistic Penmanship (1894), by Daniel T. Ames (multiple formats at archive.org)
- New Spencerian Compendium of Penmanship (New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman and Co., c1879) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Constructed Roman Alphabet: A Geometric Analysis of the Roman Alphabet, Including the Greek Characters and the Arabic Numerals, by David Lance Goines (illustrated HTML at goines.net)
- Stage Costuming (New York: Macmillan, 1939), by Agnes Brooks Young (page images at HathiTrust)
- Art in Costume Design: Practical Suggestions for Those Interested in Art, Sewing, History and Literature (Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co., 1920), by Edna Mann Shover (page images at Wisconsin)
- Fancy Dresses Described: or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls, by Ardern Holt, illust. by Lilian Young (page images at Wisconsin)
- Female Costumes, Historical, National, and Dramatic, in 200 Plates (London: Lacy, 1865), by Thomas Hailes Lacy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Instructive Costume Design (first edition; Pelham, NY: Edward C. Bridgman, c1922), by Emil Alvin Hartman (page images at Wisconsin)
- Male Costumes, Historical, National, and Dramatic, in 200 Plates (London: Lacy, 1868), by Thomas Hailes Lacy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dressmaking: A Manual for Schools and Colleges (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1917), by Jane Fales (page images at Wisconsin)
- The Quaker: A Study in Costume (Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1901), by Amelia M. Gummere (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Woman as Decoration: A Costume Book (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920), by Emily Burbank (page images at Wisconsin)
- Designs by Inigo Jones for Masques and Plays at Court: A Descriptive Catalogue of Drawings for Scenery and Costumes Mainly in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K. G. (Oxford: Printed for the Walpole and Malone Societies at the University Press, 1924), by Inigo Jones, ed. by Percy Simpson and C. F. Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Anthropology Design Series (full serial archives)
- The Bases of Design (second edition; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1902), by Walter Crane (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Decorative Arts, Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress: An Address Delivered Before the Trades' Guild of Learning (London: Ellis and White, 1878), by William Morris
- Styles of Ornament, Exhibited in Designs, and Arranged in Historical Order, With Descriptive Text (1906), by Alexander Speltz, ed. by David O'Conor (page images at Wisconsin)
- 1050 Jewelry Designs: Antique, Primitive, Classic, Modern (1946), by Yvonne Françoise Jossic (illustrated HTML pages at farlang.com)
- Applied Art: Drawing, Painting, Design and Handicraft, Arranged for Self-Instruction of Teachers, Parents and Students (Mountain View, CA et al.: Pacific Press Pub. Assoc., 1920), by Pedro J. Lemos
- Art Recreations, by L. B. Urbino (page images at MOA)
- Line and Form (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1914), by Walter Crane (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Peter Hunt's Workbook: With Text and Pictures (Chicago and New York: Ziff-Davis, c1945), by Peter Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ladies' Fancy Work: Hints and Helps To Home Taste and Recreations (New York: H. T. Williams, 1876), by Mrs. C. S. Jones and Henry T. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- Manual of Design, Compiled from the Writings and Addresses of Richard Redgrave (New York: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong, ca. 1876), by Richard Redgrave, ed. by G. R. Redgrave (page images at HathiTrust)
- Manual of Design, Complied from the Writings and Addresses of Richard Redgrave (London: Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, 1876), by Richard Redgrave, ed. by G. R. Redgrave (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Needlework as Art (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886), by Marian Alford
- The Two Paths, by John Ruskin (Gutenberg text)
- Architecture and Democracy (1918), by Claude Fayette Bragdon
- Decorative Needlework (London: J. Hughes and Co., 1893), by May Morris
- Student's Manual of Fashion Drawing: Thirty Lessons with Conventional Charts (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1919), by Edith Young (page images at Wisconsin)
- L'Oeuvre de Limoges (in French; Paris: A. Picard, 1890), by Ernest Rupin
- Furniture Designing and Draughting: Notes on the Elementary Forms, Methods of Construction and Dimensions of Common Articles of Furniture (third edition revised, with addendum; New York: W. T. Comstock Co., c1914), by Alvan Crocker Nye (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Practical Book of Period Furniture: Treating of Furniture of the English, American Colonial and Post-Colonial and Principal French Periods (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1914), by Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Abbot McClure (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Problems in Furniture Making (Peoria, IL: Manual Arts Press, c1906), by Fred D. Crawshaw
- Problems in Furniture Making (fifth edition; Peoria, IL: Manual Arts Press, 1913), by Fred D. Crawshaw
- The Art of Decoration (London: Chatto and Windus, 1881), by Mary Eliza Haweis
- Cabinet Making: Principles of Designing, Construction and Laying Out Work (Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids Furniture Record Co., c1913), by J. H. Rudd, contrib. by C. A. Zuppann and Walter K. Schmidt
- Furnishing the Home of Good Taste: A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration With Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today (New York: McBride, Nast and Co., 1912), by Lucy Abbot Throop (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Furnishing the Home of Good Taste: A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration With Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today (new and revised edition; New York: R. M. McBride and Co., 1912), by Lucy Abbot Throop (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Interior Decoration: Its Principles and Practice (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1920), by Frank Alvah Parsons (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture (second edition; London: Printed for M. Taylor, 1835), by Richard Brown (multiple formats at Google)
More items available under narrower terms.