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Owen Jones

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1809–1874

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Owen Jones was a British architect. A versatile architect and designer, he was also one of the most influential design theorists of the nineteenth century. He helped pioneer modern colour theory, and his theories on flat patterning and ornament still resonate with contemporary designers today.

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Artworks (11)

Curtain of "Sultan" textile

1870 · Jacquard woven silk, silk passementerie

Overall: 114 3/4 × 63 5/8 in. (291.5 × 161.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sutherland

1870 · Silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

39 × 53.7 cm (15 1/4 × 21 1/8 in.); Repeat: 11.3 × 6.7 cm (4 3/8 × 2 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chandos

1868 · Woven wool, silk and cotton

Overall: 69 x 26 in. (175.3 x 66 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The grammar of ornament

1868

157 pages : illustrations, plates ; Height: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nineveh and Persia No. 1, plate XII from The Grammar of Ornament, 3rd edn.

1868 · Color lithograph

Sheet (sight): 13 × 8 3/4 in. (33 × 22 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nineveh and Persia No. 2, plate XIII from The Grammar of Ornament, 3rd edn.

1868 · Color lithographs

Sheet (sight): 12 5/8 × W. 8 1/4 in. (32 × 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Armchair

1867 · Mahogany, purpleheart, ebony, harewood, holly, brass, and modern upholstery

96.6 × 64.8 × 66.1 cm (38 × 25 1/2 × 26 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Examples of Chinese ornament selected from objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections

1867

(h x w x d): 34.2 x 25 x 4.5cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Panel

1860 · Silk; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

291.5 × 108.3 cm (114 3/4 × 42 5/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 76.3 cm (30 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The grammar of ornament

1856 · Chromolithography

2 preliminary leaves, 6, [106] pages : 100 plates (some color including frontispiece) ; Height: 22 7/16 in. (57 cm) x Width: 15 3/8 in. (39 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Interior of Library, Cairo

1829 · Watercolor and gouache over graphite, on cream wove card

36.3 × 28.5 cm (14 5/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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