Victorian Ornament
ヴィクトリアン装飾 / 1837–1901 / Style / Ornament
Builds a thickly layered system of ornament from many revival styles and the riches of industrial printing.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Dense borders
- Symmetry
- Botanical pattern
- Chromolithography
Best used for
- Giving packages and invitations the dignity of a collection
- Making the act of studying detail the value itself
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Dictionary entry
- 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
Related entries
- Maximalism (マキシマリズム)Same Ornament lineage.Compare Victorian Ornament and Maximalism
- Gothic (ゴシック)Shared effects: Luxury.Compare Victorian Ornament and Gothic
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- Stained Glass (ステンドグラス)Shared effects: Luxury / Exhilaration.
- Azulejo (アズレージョ)Shared effects: Luxury / Nostalgia.
- Islamic Geometric Pattern (イスラム幾何学文様)Shared effects: Luxury.
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