Designs to make the front hall sing even if you can’t. Plates from Owen Jones “The Grammar of Ornament,” published in London in 1910.

Byzantine Number 1. Plate XXVIII.
Byzantine Number 1. Plate XXVIII. Collection of the University of Wisconsin Madison. In the public domain. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=article&did=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.i0020&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Persian number 3. Plate XLVI.
Persian number 3. Plate XLVI. Collection of the University of Wisconsin Madison. In the public domain. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0185&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Persian number 4. Plate XLVII.
Persian number 4. Plate XLVII. Collection of the University of Wisconsin Madison. In the public domain. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0187&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Indian number 6. Plate LIV.
Indian number 6. Plate LIV. Collection of the University of Wisconsin Madison. In the public domain. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0209&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Hindoo number 2. Plate LVII.
Hindoo number 2. Plate LVII. Collection of the University of Wisconsin Madison. In the public domain. Via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0221&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M

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