These beautiful art nouveau animal designs here are from the book “L’animal dans la Décoration” by Maurice Pillard Verneuil. The book was published in 1897. Maurice Pillard Verneuil was a French artist and interior designer who was predominantly associated with the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movement. There is a[Read more]
I have a love of travel and remember the days when airline travel was a special occasion. I thought it would be fun to curate a collection of vintage airline posters and prints. Thousands of airline companies have disappeared over years. Over 40 have gone bust alone since the start[Read more]
This is a collection of wonderful vintage Japanese Watanabe Seitei prints. The paintings are all from the 19th Century Japanese Art review magazine Bijutsu Sekai. The magazine at the time was edited by the famous Japanese artist. One of my most popular collections is of the vintage Japanese art design[Read more]
This collection of Christopher Dresser design prints are all from an old text book on the art of decorative design. The books full title is “The art of decorative design: with an appendix, giving the hours of the day at which flowers open (the floral clock); the characteristic flowers of[Read more]
When I came across these stunning Mark Catesby prints, I knew I had to share them. They are some of the most beautiful vintage natural history illustrations that I have ever come across. It’s amazing to think they were made in the early 18th century. The prints are from his[Read more]
I’m always looking for fun ways to use some of the fabulous vintage images on this site. This time I have used them to make these fun decoupage placemats. In the past, I have made placemats with kitchen patents. This time I used a collage of various vintage botanical and[Read more]
Here is a wonderful collection of vintage maps of Ireland. This complements the collection of printable old maps on Pictureboxblue. There are already many vintage maps of Europe on the site and maps of Great Britain and Scotland. I thought it was time to add old maps of Ireland to[Read more]
Recently, I came across several old art and design books, many of which have wonderful plates of vintage color and pattern charts. The collection complements the vintage color wheels and vintage art supply posters featured on the site. Most of the books were texts for art students explaining the details[Read more]