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[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

One corner of a gold-on-black border for a mural, with urns and pineapples.Marble floor from Olympia, (PoppeSammlung von Ornamentun u. Fragmenten antiker Architektur, Skulptur, Mosaik and Toreutik).Th [...]

Keywords: borders, ancient greek remains, design, ornaments, colour, mosaics

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[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia - full-page border/decorative frame version. The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

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

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[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 2: Eleusius The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

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 to one corner, or completed to make a f [...]

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[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 3: Temple Floor The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

A part of an Ancient greek mosaic floor in Sicily, uprooted and taken to the museum of the Court of Biscari.Note that the different elements in this border repeat at different rates, making it hard to [...]

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[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 5: Temple Floor pattern The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

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

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Added: 2009-04-20

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[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 9: Hexagons The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

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38. Byzantine marble floor-mosaics. The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

Figs. 1 – 7 and 12. Marble floors in St. MArk’s in Venice (Hessemer,Arabische und altchristliche Bauverzierungen). Figs. 8 – 11 and 13 – 15. Marble floors in St. Sophia’s in Constantinople (Salzenbe [...]

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104. Dutch Ceramic Tiles The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

A collage made of Dutch “Delftware” ceramic tiles, probably from the eighteenth century. I have also made separate low-resolution 500-pixel images of the individual tiles.Dutch faience shows a distinc [...]

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 1 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture shows a building with a steep foor and a round tower next to a tree; there seems to be a sailing boat in the background. The picture is enclosed in a circle set into an eight- [...]

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 2 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture features a floral design. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 3 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture features a leaf curled round a border. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 4 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture depicts a daisy or other flower, with two birds perched on its branches. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 5 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture shows a town with two tall circular towers and several other tall buildings, set into an abstract dotted border. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

Keywords: views, towns, towers, faience, ceramic art, tiles, borders, colour

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 6 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture has a seed pod. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 7 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture contains part of a decorative border with daisies or other flowers and leaves. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 8 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture contains an abstract geometric design including an eight-pointed star and shapes that might be remeniscent of clover leaves and flowers. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch cerami [...]

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 9 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture has a colourful floral design. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 10 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture has a floral ornament surrounded by a swirly swash pattern. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 11 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture has white leaves and balls on a dark red background. It is taken fromplate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 12 The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture shows a lion with one paw on a circle; the lion stands on grass with a golf-bunker or sand-pit nearby; in the background, geese fly past on their way to find hidden meanings in [...]

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