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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: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 9]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/104-Dutch-ceramic-tiles-tile-09-200x200.jpg "[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 9]")
This small tile picture has a colourful floral design. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
![[picture: 38. Byzantine marble floor-mosaics.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/038-byzantine-marble-floor-mosaic-q75-147x200.jpg "[picture: 38. Byzantine marble floor-mosaics.]")
38. Byzantine marble floor-mosaics.
Figs. 1 – 7 and 12. Marble floors in St. MArk’s in Venice (Hessemer, Arabische und altchristliche Bauverzierungen). Figs. 8 – 11 and 13 – 15. Marble floors in St. Sophia’s in Constantinople (Salzenberg, Altchristliche Baudenkmale in Konstantinopel). [more...] [$]
![[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 15]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/104-Dutch-ceramic-tiles-tile-15-200x200.jpg "[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 15]")
This small tile picture shows a large urn with a laurel wreath around it; it looks almost heraldic. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [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 34]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Speltz-HistoryOfOrnament/wm/big/104-Dutch-ceramic-tiles-tile-34-200x200.jpg "[picture: Dutch Delft ceramic tile 34]")
This small tile picture has two quater-wheels of different sizes centered in the corners, so that if you join several of these tiles in the right way you [...]plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
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