Main entry:

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874.

Title & Author:

The grammar of ornament / by Owen Jones ; illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred folio plates, drawn on stone by F. Bedford, and printed in colours by Day and son.

Publication:

London : Published by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, MDCCCLVI [1856]

Description:

2 preliminary leaves, 6, [106] pages : 100 plates (some color including frontispiece) ; 57 x 39 cm

Notes:
The 100 chromolithographic plates were issued only once, in this large folio edition, printed from the original stones. Reprint editions are smaller in format, with less brilliant designs.
Added lithograph title page in colors.
With contributions by J.B. Waring, J.O. Westwood, and M.D. Wyatt.
"Books referred to for illustrations, literary and pictorial": 1 p. preceding pl. LXXIv.
Ornament of savage tribes -- Egyptian ornament -- Assyrian and Persian ornament -- Greek ornament -- Pompeian ornament -- Roman ornament -- Byzantine ornament -- Arabian ornament -- Turkish ornament -- Moresque ornament from the Alhambra -- Persian ornament -- Indian ornament -- Hindoo ornament -- Chinese ornament -- Celtic ornament -- Mediaeval ornament -- Renaissance ornament -- Elizabethan ornament -- Italian ornament -- Leaves and flowers from nature.
McLean, R. Victorian book design and colour printing, 122
Friedman, J.M. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 153
Muir, P. Victorian illustrated books, pages 154-155

Summary:

First edition of The grammar of ornament, a global and historical design sourcebook published by the English-born Welsh architect Owen Jones, one of the most influential design theorists of the 19th century. According to Wikipedia, the Grammar of ornament presents Jones's 37 key principles of decorative arts governing the arrangement of form and color in architecture and the decorative arts. The first 19 chapters of the Grammar illustrate historically and geographically diverse examples of decoration, with chapters on Arabian, Turkish, Moorish, and Persian ornament. The last chapter, "Leaves and Flowers from Nature," affirms the basic principle of ornamental design throughout the world, that is, the form found in nature. "The Grammar was hugely influential in design schools in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and is still in print today, maintaining its relevance as a source of inspiration for contemporary designers."

Resources:
Online version of Rochester Institute of Technology, Cary Graphic Arts Collection copy

Subject:

Decoration and ornament Victorian style.
Decoration and ornament Pictorial works.
Decoration and ornament History.
Décoration et ornement Style victorien.
Décoration et ornement Ouvrages illustrés.
Décoration et ornement Histoire.
Decoration and ornament

Form/genre:

chromolithographs.
handbooks.
History
Pictorial works
Chromolithographs England London 1856.
Handbooks and manuals.
Half bindings (Binding)
Leather bindings (Binding)
Cloth bindings (Binding)
Onlays (Binding)
Gilt edges (Binding)
Chromolithographies.
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894, artist, lithographer.
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, contributor.
Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, contributor.
Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, contributor.
Day & Son, lithographer, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 95763
Call No.: 7603
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 95764
Call No.: 0006365
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available