Tag: The Grammar of Ornament

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

Designs to up the style of even the dowdiest drawing room even if Queen Alexandra never comes to tea. Plates from Owen Jones “The Grammar of Ornament,” published in London in 1910.

Byzantine number 3. Plate XXX.
Byzantine number 3. Plate XXX. Collection of the University of Wisconsin. In the public domain due to age. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0125&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Egyptian number 7. Plate X.
Egyptian number 7. Plate X. Collection of the University of Wisconsin. In the public domain due to age. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0055&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Moresque number 4. Plate XLII.
Moresque number 4. Plate XLII. Collection of the University of Wisconsin. In the public domain due to age. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0171&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Persian number 2. Plate XLV.
Persian number 2. Plate XLV. Collection of the University of Wisconsin. In the public domain due to age. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0183&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M
Indian number 5. Plate LIII.
Indian number 5. Plate LIII. Collection of the University of Wisconsin. In the public domain due to age. via http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?type=turn&entity=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones.p0205&id=DLDecArts.GramOrnJones&isize=M