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Grammar of Ornament Decorative Plates Junk Journal Ephemera Pack, 20 Printable Pieces

Grammar of Ornament Decorative Plates Junk Journal Ephemera Pack, 20 Printable Pieces

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A ready-made Grammar of Ornament junk journal kit of 20 printable chromolithograph ornament plates from Owen Jones's The Grammar of Ornament (London, 1856, with one plate from the 1868 edition) and one Arabian plate from Racinet's L'Ornement Polychrome (Paris, 1869): Alhambra tilework, Egyptian lotus capitals, Nineveh and Persia, Greek, Pompeian and Byzantine borders, Arabian, Turkish and Persian patterns, Indian and Chinese ornament, Celtic knotwork, Renaissance majolica and Raphael's loggia panels, plus the illuminated title page. Jewel colours and gold-toned repeats make them perfect for pattern backgrounds, journal covers, collage, planners, scrapbooking, card making and wall art.

Print sizes at 300 dpi (they vary by piece type; files are never resized):
• Chromolithograph ornament plates (20): about 7 × 11 in up to 9 × 13 in, big enough for A4 / letter prints and framing
Everything also prints smaller (A5, A6, tags, ATCs) with no loss.

Pieces included: The Grammar of Ornament, illuminated title page, 1856; Plate XLIII, Moresque No. 5 (Alhambra tilework); Plate I, Pacific Islands ornament; Plate VI, Egyptian No. 3 (column capitals); Plate XII, Nineveh and Persia No. 1; Plate XIII, Nineveh and Persia No. 2 (1868 edition); Plate XVIII, Greek No. 4; Plate XXV, Pompeian No. 3; Plate XXX, Byzantine No. 3; Plate XXXV, Arabian No. 5; Plate XXXVI, Turkish No. 1; Plate XXXVIII, Turkish No. 3 (dome of the tomb of Suleiman I); Plate XLVII, Persian No. 4; Plate LIV, Indian No. 6; Plate LVIII, Hindoo No. 3; Plate LXI, Chinese No. 3; Plate LXXI, Illuminated MSS. No. 1 (Celtic knotwork); Plate LXXVIII, Renaissance No. 5 (majolica plate); Plate LXXXVI, Italian No. 1 (Raphael loggia panels); Racinet, L'Ornement Polychrome: Arabian ornament, 1869.

Files: 20 high-resolution JPGs in one zip download (66 MB). Pixel sizes: ornament plates about 3,400–4,000 px on the long edge. These are the full-size museum and library scans. Nothing is cropped or resized: each plate is the museum's full original scan.

Source and rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Open Access (public domain, CC0), from the Thomas J. Watson Library copy of The Grammar of Ornament (1856), a loose plate of the 1868 edition, and a plate of L'Ornement Polychrome (1869). Designs by Owen Jones (died 1874), chromolithographed by Day & Son, and by Albert Racinet (died 1893).

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