A nice plate from Owen Jone’s 1856 "The Grammar of Ornament". I really like this original version best; I have the new version which is not quite as vibrant. I hear there is a "professional artist" edition on CD-ROM which is supposed to be truer to the original.
Via Eric Gjerde‘s Flickr
The Grammar of Ornament
12.15.2007
wow that is really interesting. you can see where m.c. escher got his inspiration
whoa! i had to do a project in one of my design classes 3 months ago using a pattern from this book. the first thing it reminded me of was your work. the patterns look very similar to your backgrounds and layering. the pattern i chose is actually on this chinese ornament page! by the way, A on the project, heck yes.
1st & 4th pattern is not china… This is Mongolian Pattern