item details
NameIndian Ornament (6). Painted Lacquer-work. Plate 54 from the book: The grammar of ornament
ProductionOwen Jones; author; 1868; London
Bernard Quaritch; publisher; 1868; London
Bernard Quaritch; publisher; 1868; London
Classificationrare books, rare books
Materialsprinting paper, lithographic ink
Materials Summarychromolithograph
Dimensionspage: 230mm (width), 336mm (length)
Registration NumberRB001425/054a
Overview
Plate 54 of 112 from Owen Jones' The Grammar of Ornament (1868). The coloured illustration shows an ornamental floral design from India, painted on the inside of a book cover.
Jones describes it as influenced by the Persian decorative style, and writes: "On the inside of the same cover, Plate LIV., the ornaments are less conventional in their treatment; but how charmingly is observed the limit of the treatment of flowers on a flat surface!"