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The Grammar of Ornament: Plate XXXIX

Plate XXXIX: Moresque (Moorish) No. 1, Moresque ornament from the Alhambra, varieties of interlaced ornaments. (1-5, 16, 18 are borders on mosaic dados. 6-12,14. Plaster ornaments, used as upright and horizontal bands enclosing panels on the walls. 13,15. Square stops in the bands of the inscriptions. 17. Painted ornament from the Great Arch in the Hall of the Boat.)

Owen Jones (British designer, 1809-1874)

1856 57 cm (page height) x 39 cm (page width)

 

From: Jones, Owen. The grammar of ornament ; Illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred and twelve plates, Folio ed., London: B. Quaritch, 1910

 

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