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Owen Jones - Examples of Chinese Ornament - 1867 - plate 021
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This image shows plate XXI (= 21). Jones’ original description of this plate from his “Description of the plates” (page 9–15), transcribed literally, using Jones’ orthography:
“A series of Borders from various objects, in blue and white china.”
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Owen Jones (1809–1874), English designer, architect, and writer, best known for his standard work treating both Eastern and Western design motifs, The Grammar of Ornament (1856), which presented a systematic pictorial collection emphasizing both the use of colour and the application of logical principles to the design of everyday objects.
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