The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts

Some pictures from Das Farbige Ornament aller Historischen Stile by Alexander Speltz, Leipzig, 1915. This has been republished by Dover several times and by Portland House (Putnams) in 1988 as The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts.

I cannot find born/died dates for the author: the latest listed in the Library of Cnngress catalogue is 1915. However, the images themselves are all much older and are out of cpoyright.

[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia

One corner of a gold-on-black border for a mural, with urns and pineapples. [more...]

500x409 76K, 375x307 64K, 646x529 267K, 862x705 387K, 1149x940 556K

[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia - full-page border/decorative frame version.

I made this decorative border, or full-page frame, gold on a black background, from one corner, for use in scrapbooking, Web design, or general publishing. [more...]

350x500 59K, 463x661 96K, 617x881 153K, 822x1175 267K, 1028x1469 363K, 1371x1958 584K

[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 2: Eleusius

One corner of a mosaic floor, with a border of interlocking circles. It might make an interesting design element in a Web page or scrap book, perhaps faded out [...] [more...]

500x408 98K, 712x581 164K, 950x774 244K, 1187x968 328K, 1583x1290 573K

[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 3: Temple Floor

A part of an Ancient greek mosaic floor in Sicily, uprooted and taken to the museum of the Court of Biscari. [more...]

411x500 32K, 595x725 222K, 1190x1449 633K

[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 5: Temple Floor pattern

A part of an Ancient greek mosaic floor in Sicily, uprooted and taken to the museum of the Court of Biscari.

414x500 65K, 633x765 241K, 844x1020 422K

[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 9: Hexagons

Figs. 3 – 9. Fragments of floors from Sicily, partly in the Museum of the Court of Biscari (Hittorf, Restitution du temple d’Empédocle). [more...]

500x420 48K, 715x601 71K, 953x801 119K

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