A book written to instruct in the creation of decoration, as one might find on wallpaper or cloth fabric, this work’s material is well-presented and extensively illustrated. There is some fiddlyness, in the electronic format, that results from the figures and corresponding discussion being so often on different pages. And, the author’s use of language does tend to be quite formal and somewhat archaic. Reading it from outside the author’s field, on a different continent, in a different era, several times it became necessary to look up a word so as to ensure understanding. But none of this marred the experience provided by this book. Reading it as a non-specialist, it was an entirely approachable and pleasant read.