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Ten panels are drawn in fine black line on a flat buff ground, shaded and highlighted so the ornament reads as carved relief. Candelabra stems rise through acanthus hung with vases and pendant husks; two winged sphinxes face each other on one plinth and long-necked birds flank another. At the foot a console carries a plain square cartouche framed in strapwork, a woman’s mask above it, two reclining putti and an ox head below, over a band of Greek fret. Plate 76 of The Grammar of Ornament.
Owen Jones (1809–1874) was a British architect and the most influential design theorist of the Victorian age. Trained under the architect Lewis Vulliamy, he travelled to Granada in the 1830s to record the Alhambra, pioneering chromolithography to publish its ornament in colour, and in 1856 published The Grammar of Ornament, a survey of decorative styles from around the world built on flat pattern and colour rather than the imitation of nature. He designed the widely debated red, yellow and blue colour scheme for the ironwork of the rebuilt Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and in 1867 published Examples of Chinese Ornament, drawn from Chinese objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections. His work and design drawings are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.
