`Beautiful and practical, the books are visual summaries of the most sumptuous parts of the V&A collections` Royal Academy Magazine This attractive series reveals the V&A`s spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title in the series includes a free CD of high resolution images. Walter Crane was a key designer of the Aesthetic movement, incorporating swans, bulrushes, fairy tales, English patriotism, and more into his diverse patterns. Walter Crane is also available in a collectors’ slipcase edition with Chinese Textiles, Spitalfields Silks and Pop Patterns.