
Nineveh and Persia No. 2, plate XIII from The Grammar of Ornament, 3rd edn.
Henrietta and Christopher McCall Collection, Purchase, Henrie Jo Barth Bequest, and Museum Acquisitions and Josephine Lois Berger-Nadler Endowment Funds, 2023
Catalogue
- Year
- 1868
- Medium
- Color lithographs
- Dimensions
- Sheet (sight): 12 5/8 × W. 8 1/4 in. (32 × 21 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Owen Jones
Artist

Design
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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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Owen Jones
- Year
- 1868
- Medium
- Color lithographs
- Dimensions
- Sheet (sight): 12 5/8 × W. 8 1/4 in. (32 × 21 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1868-581455
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





