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The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (page 1/5)

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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.

Title: The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts

Author: Speltz, Alexander

City: Leipzig

Date: 1915

Total items: 44

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 16]

Dutch Delft ceramic tile 16

This small tile picture has blue hairy swirly patterns. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]

[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 24]

Dutch Delft ceramic tile 24

This small tile picture has another green and orange floral design, showing a vase of flowers, set in a diamond border with scary shapes on the outside. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]

[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 21]

Dutch Delft ceramic tile 21

This small tile picture has a white leavy pattern with dots on a rich red background, rather like tile11, but with an acorn in the middle. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]

[picture: 104. Dutch Ceramic Tiles]

104. Dutch Ceramic Tiles

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. [more...] [$]

[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 26]

Dutch Delft ceramic tile 26

This small tile picture has a vaguely floral design on it. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]


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