Arabic Designs (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Exquisite adaptations of 165 elegant motifs depict florals from ancient Persian fabrics, star-shaped 13th-century tiles from Iran, a detail from a painting of Mecca and Medina (18th–19th century AD), floral patterns from a 17th-century Indo-Persian velvet panel, a dancing figure representing the constellation Andromeda, and much more. 165 black-and-white designs. Identifications.