Moresque No. 3

by Owen Jones

$240 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine image from Owen Jones's The Grammar of Ornament, universally regarded as the classic reference work on Victorian aesthetics, and a visual synopsis of the major forms of decoration from around the world. It was Jones's wish to record for the future the artistic knowledge of the past in order to enrich the progress of Ornamental Art. Indeed, Jones's work was inspirational to William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement in England and remains today an important

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