Treasury of Chinese Design Motifs elaborate hats and hairstyles of

elaborate hats and hairstyles of the Georgian period

the Estampes

eerie tales

Rendered into Modern English by Harold Paget

Treasury of Chinese Design Motifs elaborate hats and hairstyles ofChinese art and design are permeated by a connecting sense of the wholeness of all things. Its extensive vocabulary of design motifs is based on four timeless principles: spirit, rhythm, life, and movement. True Chinese design is never meaningless ornamentation. Its exquisitely beautiful combinations of blossoms and sprays, birds, animals, inscribed medallions, and symmetrical designs are artistic puzzles in which words and syllables are represented