Ornamented title page from from La Normandie, by Jules Janin, Paris, 1844.
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From a painted china bottle. This is another of those compositions, which are Chinese only from their scheme of colouring.
From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867.
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From a very large cistern in cloisonné enamel. This magnificent composition is in every way Chinese, and is the very perfection of conventional ornamentation, perfect in distribution of form and colour.
From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867.
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From a painted china vase. A composition on the continuous-stem principle.
From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867.
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Various compositions on the fragmentary principle. The upper pattern on the left is from cloisonné enamel, the others from painted china vases.
From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867.
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From a very beautifully executed basin in cloisonné enamel.
From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867.
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From a bottle of blue and white china; a very fine example of symmetrical arrangement: it is also interesting as showing the limit of shade and relief in the representation of flowers - a limit which the Chinese constantly reach, but never exceed.
From Examples of Chinese ornament, by Owen Jones, London, 1867.
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Feering house, Essex.
F. W. Fairholt, from Old English mansions, edited by Charles Holme, London, New York, 1915.
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