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Some pictures from Das Farbige Ornament aller Historischen Stile by Alexander Speltz, Leipzig, 1915. This has been republished by Dover several times and by Portland House (Putnams) in 1988 as The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts.
I cannot find born/died dates for the author: the latest listed in the Library of Cnngress catalogue is 1915. However, the images themselves are all much older and are out of cpoyright.
Title: The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts
City: Leipzig
Date: 1915
Total items: 44
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
This small tile picture has blue hairy swirly patterns. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture shows an orange tulip, with fleur-de-lys designs at the corners. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture shows a small but brightly-coloured bird sitting on (or carrying) a twig with two green leaves and two orange leaves; the whole design surrounded by a [...]plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture shows a flower in an oval cartouche, with a squiggly design round it. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture contains fleur-de-lys signs inside, and between, small circles. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture has a white leavy pattern with dots on a rich red background, rather like tile11, but with an acorn in the middle. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture has bright green and orange flowers and rose hips (perhaps), andpart of a geometric border. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture shows a person, perhaps a young man, standing up, holding a cane in one hand; he wears a har and stockings, and carries a sword at his left side. There are fleur-de-lys [...]plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture has another green and orange floral design, showing a vase of flowers, set in a diamond border with scary shapes on the outside. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture has a floral-inspired red design on a cream background. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture has a vaguely floral design on it. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
This small tile picture has a green and orange floral design, all very autumnal, with grapes, nuts and seeds. Compare with tile number 9 and also number 28 and This picture is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles. [more...] [$]
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