Victorian Ornament

ヴィクトリアン装飾 / 1837–1901 / Style / Historic Ornament

Builds a thickly layered system of ornament from many revival styles and the riches of industrial printing.

Dense borders / Symmetry / Botanical pattern / Chromolithography

Victorian Ornament — Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament, Plate LX, 1868Victorian Ornament — 『装飾の文法』図版35 1868Victorian Ornament — ヴィクトリア朝のトレードカード
Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament, Plate LX, 1868 ／ 『装飾の文法』図版35 1868 ／ ヴィクトリア朝のトレードカード

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Giving packages and invitations the dignity of a collection · Making the act of studying detail the value itself
Type
Ornamented serifs and small capitals
Composition
Fix a central axis; nest frames, headings and text
Material
Deep red, green, gold, cream; repeat hairlines in steps
Caution
Never mix other cultures' patterns as anonymous ornament. Research origins; quote precisely.
Further study
Owen Jones / Victorian chromolithography

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Source: Wikimedia Commons — The Grammar of Ornament

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