Posts tagged ornaments
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Persian art: printed fabric.

From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona,  1890.

(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

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Persian art: printed fabric.

From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona, 1890.

(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

Friday, April 26, 2013
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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)

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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)

Friday, April 26, 2013
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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)

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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)

Thursday, April 25, 2013
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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)

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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)

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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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)

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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)

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Margaret Armstrong, half title page from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.

(Source: archive.org)

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Margaret Armstrong, half title page from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.

(Source: archive.org)

Friday, March 22, 2013
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L. S. Ipsen, illuminated title page from The skeleton in armor, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Boston, 1877.

(Source: archive.org)

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L. S. Ipsen, illuminated title page from The skeleton in armor, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Boston, 1877.

(Source: archive.org)

Monday, January 14, 2013
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V. Sansonnetti, frontispiece from L’artiste, series 2, Vol. 7, Paris, circa 1841.

(Source: archive.org)

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V. Sansonnetti, frontispiece from L’artiste, series 2, Vol. 7, Paris, circa 1841.

(Source: archive.org)

Sunday, January 13, 2013