Historical and modern pattern design info and inspo for creatives
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last updated May, 2026
Victorian Patterns and Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archive)
George Ashdown Audsley
Historic Textile Patterns in Full Color: 212 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Friedrich Fischbach
Ornamental Design: Embracing the Anatomy of Pattern, the Planning of Ornament, the Application of Ornament (Classic Reprint)
Lewis Foreman Day
Ornament & its Application; a Book for Students, Treating in a Practical way of the Relation of Design to Material, Tools and Methods of Work
Nature in Ornament
The V&A Sourcebook of Pattern and Ornament
Amelia Calver
Danish Textile Prints: 100 Years of Craft and Design
Kirsten Toftegaard
May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer
Jenny Lister
Patterns in Art: A Closer Look at the Old Masters
Francesca Leoneschi
Pattern Design: A Period Design Sourcebook
Siân Evans
Spectrum: Heritage Patterns and Colors (V&A Museum)
Ros Byam Shaw
Pattern Design (Dover Art Instruction)
William Morris: Father of Modern Design and Pattern
Hiroshi Unno
The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures
Elizabeth Wilhide
Le Japon Artistique: Japanese Floral Pattern Design in the Art Nouveau Era
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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