Art Library / World Ornament
World Ornament
Crests, cloud scrolls, embroidery and lotus borders from Japanese, Chinese and Egyptian sources.
11 collections, 2,728 pieces in total. Pick a collection to see the art inside it.
Engraving
Cicada 02
From Thomas W. Cutler, A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design , scan page 106
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Seated lioness
From W. M. Flinders Petrie, Egyptian Decorative Art , scan page 126
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Lotus band border
From W. M. Flinders Petrie, Egyptian Decorative Art , scan page 77
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Start with a subject or a set of historical plates.
Japanese
Waves, koi, cranes and family crests from Japanese pattern books and Hokusai's sketchbooks.
Chinese
Cloud scrolls, dragons, peonies and lattice fretwork from Chinese ornament sources.
Egyptian
Ankhs, scarabs, lotus motifs and hieroglyphic borders from Egyptological plates.
Chinoiserie
Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
Patterns & Ornaments
Rosettes, knots, frets, scrolls and repeat patterns that stand on their own, from pattern books and needlework manuals.
Japanese Colour Prints
Birds, flowers and waves from Japanese colour-woodblock albums, printed flat rather than shaded.
Chinese Colour Plates
Peonies, dragons and lattice ornament from Chinese decorative albums and ornament books.
Textile Designs
Repeating florals, damask and printed cloth from textile and wallpaper sample books.
Ornament Plates
Chromolithograph borders, panels and illuminated ornament from Victorian pattern books.
Motifs and moods
Follow a more specific object, detail or feeling.
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