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The Grammar Of Ornament, Book
This is a The Grammar of Ornament. It was illustrated by Christopher Dresser.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Botanical Expressions.
Christopher Dresser’s first published works were drawings, such as this one with leaves and vines, that he contributed to The Grammar of Ornament. The presence of botanical plates in his teacher Owen Jones’s guide to design reinforced the author’s belief that nature in its beauty and underlying order provided the best source of design inspiration.
It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, NK1175 .J78 1856.
- Encyclopédie Artistique Et Documentaire De La Plante, Book
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Robert Winthrop Chanler, Smithsonian Libraries, NK1560 .V47 1904.
- 139.2018.1/4
- La Plante Et Ses Applications Ornamentales, Book
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Robert Winthrop Chanler, Smithsonian Libraries, NK1560 .G76 1896.
- 139.2018.3
- Book, Floriated Ornament: A Series of Thirty-One Designs
- lithograph on paper with hand-colored plates.
- Gift of Leopold Eidlitz, Smithsonian Libraries, NK1565 .P8X 1849.
- 139.2018.5
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Studies In Design, Book
- lithograph on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, NK1535 .D77 1876.
- 139.2018.7
- Articulated Toast Rack Toast Rack
- silver plated, metal.
- Gift of Miles Lourie.
- 1985-105-1
- Clutha Vase
- mold-blown glass.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2012-7-1
Its dimensions are
H x W (book open): 57 × 78 cm (22 7/16 × 30 11/16 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Expressions.
