Persian art: printed fabric.
From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona, 1890.
(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Arabic art: manuscript paintings applicable to various types of ornamentation, particularly enamels.
From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona, 1890.
(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Decorative painting from the Apollo gallery in the Louvre, XVI century.
From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona, 1890.
(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Italy, XVI century morion bearing the coat of arms of the Piccolomini family.
From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona, 1890.
(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Capital from the Luxor Temple, representing a papyrus flower. 1200 B.C.
From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona, 1890.
(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Margaret Armstrong, half title page from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.
(Source: archive.org)
L. S. Ipsen, illuminated title page from The skeleton in armor, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Boston, 1877.
(Source: archive.org)
V. Sansonnetti, frontispiece from L’artiste, series 2, Vol. 7, Paris, circa 1841.
(Source: archive.org)
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