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The Grammar of Ornament
by Jones, Owen
Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, 1868-01-01. second. Hardcover. Very Good. Rebound in modern Moroccan burgundy leather. All edges gilt. Gilt spine. 6 raised bands. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Chromolithographic plates. 157 pages illustrations, One hundred and twelve plates. 35 cm. <br><br> Owen Jones was a London-born architect and designer of Welsh descent. A versatile architect and designer, he was also one of the most influential design theorists of the nineteenth...
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$1,176.00
Design Book of Gibitz Mariska
by Mariska, Gibitz
Hungary. Paper laid on boards. Good. Oblong folio, measuring 16 by 10.5 inches, or 41 by 27 cm. N.d. Circa early 20th century. 27 original watercolor patterns or designs by Gibitz Mariska, and most of the leaves are signed by him. Nothing is known of Mariska, but from these drawings of ornament and design it is clear he was a talented designer, and his eclecticism captured the catholic, and sophisticated tastes that prevailed in fin-de-siecle Central Europe prior to the devastation, moral and...
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$1,500.00
Grammar of Ornament - Moresque No 2
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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$107.86
Grammar of Ornament - Italian No 4
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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$107.86
The Grammar of Ornament
by Owen Jones
New York: Dover Publications, 1987 Covers and spine chipped, creased and worn. Reference book only. Size: 9" X 12"
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$30.00
The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts
by Jones, Owen
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. VG+/VG. Black boards with gilt design. Color-illustrated dust jacket with brick red and orange lettering. 496 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Originally published in 1856 by Day & Son, London.
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$40.00
Student's Design Notebook plus Additional Watercolored Designs on Separate Sheets
by Lebrun, S
Hardcover. Cloth spine. Marbled paper pasted onto boards. . Good. Well executed, impressive assortment of designs done by a capable, advanced French student. N.d., circa 1900. Folio, 35.5 by 22.5 cm. Notebook with 41 pages of content, plus 21 loose sheets with watercolored designs, filling out pen-and-ink or penciled outlining. Notebook pages ruled vertically down middle, with French descriptive text on left, designs described on right. 28 pages of the notebook have more or less fully realized...
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$975.00
La Decoration Arabe: Decors Muraux, Plafonds, Mosaiques, Dallages, Boiseries, Vitraux, Etoffes, Tapis, Reliures, Faiences, Ornaments Divers
by PRISSE D'AVENNES, Emile
Paris: Savoy, 1885. First. hardcover. very good(+). Extraits du Grande Ouvrage L'Art Arabe de Prisse d'Avesnes [sic]. Choisis, classes et arranges par les editeurs. Half title, title, and 4pp list Beautifully illustrated with 110 numbered plates (actually 98 as the 12 double-page plates are counted as two), 87 of which are vivid chromolithographs. Folio, leather backed mottled boards with gilt-lettered spine (boards rubbed ; inner front hinge repaired; interior quite clean). Paris: J. Savoy...
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$3,000.00
Methode de Composition Ornementale
by GRASSET, Eugene
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Volume 1: Elements Rectilignes; Volume 2: Elements Courbes. Profusely illustrated in black & white + 12 full page color plates. Folio, green cloth (soiled & rubbed). Rubricated title. Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, ca. 1900. First Edition. Scarce. A good copy.<br/><br/> One of the founders of the Art Deco movement. With the ownership signature of art histrian Meyer Schapiro in each...
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$1,250.00
The Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Folio Edition of the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
by Owen Jones
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Folio Edition of the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design (Dover Pictorial Archive Series).
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$30.06
The Grammar of Ornament
by Owen Jones
Read Books, 2010. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$24.68
Grammar of Ornament - Savage Tribes No 1
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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Grammar of Ornament - Moresque No 3
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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Knight's Ornamental Designs: A Self-Explanatory Manual With A Treatise on Ornamental Art
by SCOTT, William Bell
London: Fullarton. hardcover. very good(+). 78 fine engravings of ornamental decoration printed on heavy stock. Tall 4to, 3/4 maroon calf, spine and covers faded. London: Fullarton, no date. ca. 1865. Very good (+).<br/> <br/>
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$500.00
Ornaments
Half Morocco. Marbled Boards. . Very Good. Oblong, 18.5 by 26.5 cm. 40 chromolithographic color plates of designs. The designs are in line with Christopher Dresser, and there can be no question that they date to the aesthetic period. There are ornamental bands, kaleidoscope-ish centerpieces, Celtic and Gothic influenced diapers, etc. Geometric patterns suffuse the entirety, and we would add, there are no literal figurative elements in any of the designs. Some design elements might be inspired...
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$450.00
![[ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / ORNAMENT]. Les maitres ornemanistes. Dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs. Ecoles Francaise, - Italienne, - Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande & Hollandaise)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/291/333/797333291.0.b.2.jpg)
[ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / ORNAMENT]. Les maitres ornemanistes. Dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs. Ecoles Francaise, - Italienne, - Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande & Hollandaise)
by Guilmard, Desire
Paris: E. Plon, 1881. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good. Two vols. in one. Large thick quarto: xvi, 560 pp.; [vi],180 plates. Bound in very sturdy and handsome contemporary red half morocco over red cloth boards, rebacked with original spine laid down, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. ¶ First edition of the indispensable bibliography of ornament from the 16th to the 18th century, featuring artists from France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. There are two volumes in one; in our copy...
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$750.00
Grammar of Ornament - Celtic No 2
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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$107.86
Grammar of Ornament - Italian No 5
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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$107.86
![[ORNAMENT]. Katalog Der Ornamentstichsammlung Der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin. TOGETHER WITH: Katalog der Architektur- und Ornamentstichsammlung Teil 1 (all published) - Baukunst England](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/887/829/1326829887.0.b.jpg)
[ORNAMENT]. Katalog Der Ornamentstichsammlung Der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin. TOGETHER WITH: Katalog der Architektur- und Ornamentstichsammlung Teil 1 (all published) - Baukunst England
by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Kunstbibliothek Berlin
Berlin: Ad 1. Ad 2: Verlag Bruno Hessling, 1977. First Edition. Together 2 vols. Ad 1: xv, [5], 782, [2] pp. With 77 b/w illustrations in the text. Attractively (and very sturdily) bound in contemporary red quarter morocco over glazed red boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, all original wrappers bound in (sic!) -- Ad 2: 183 pp. With 43 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's orange cloth. Original edition. B.H. Breslauer copy of the justly famous catalogue of the vast collection of...
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$1,000.00
Liberty: British Colour Pattern
by Rieber, Marie-Therese
London: Goodman, 2013. About fine.. 29 cm; 97 pages and [19] additional materials, including postcards, folded sheets, facsimiles of sketches and a poster inserted in pockets. In uniquely designed slipcase. Variations on surface of slipcase. This heritage brand with its foot firmly in the future is known for its eclectic, avant-garde design and unmistakeable Art Fabrics. The book showcases not only its historic beginnings, from Arthur Liberty's 'Eastern Bazaar' to its Art Nouveau furniture, jewellery...
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$60.00
Grammar of Ornament - Hindoo No 3
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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$107.86
Faces in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City
by King, Robert Arthur
NY: W.W. Norton, 2008. First edition. Oblong octavo. 144 pp; 250 b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy. A delightful collection of quirky faces and figures that appear on New York City buildings, most built during the years between the Civil War and World War I. Designed for entrances, around doorways, on cornices, and in lobbies, they include beautiful women's faces, frightening grotesques, and natural elements such as acanthus leaves, vines, and flowers.. First...
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$20.00
