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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
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.
![[picture: 104. Dutch Ceramic Tiles]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/104-Dutch-ceramic-tiles-q80-144x200.jpg "[picture: 104. Dutch Ceramic Tiles]")
![[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 28]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/104-Dutch-ceramic-tiles-tile-28-200x200.jpg "[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 28]")
This small tile picture shows a bunch of grapes with leaves, hemmed in on four sides by cog-wheels and at the corners by fleurs-de-lys. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
![[picture: [Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/016-ancient-greek-mosaic-borders-1-corner-q75-244x200.jpg "[picture: [Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia]")
[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia
One corner of a gold-on-black border for a mural, with urns and pineapples. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 21]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/104-Dutch-ceramic-tiles-tile-21-200x200.jpg "[picture: 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...] [$]
![[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 27]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/104-Dutch-ceramic-tiles-tile-27-200x200.jpg "[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 27]")
This small tile picture has a green and orange floral design, all very autumnal, with grapes, nuts and seeds. Compare with tile number 9 and also number 28 and This picture is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
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