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Assyrian and Persian Ornament
This collection of vector graphics based on the Plates 12, 13 and 14 of the Assyrian and Persian Ornament chapter from the Grammar of the Ornament. They are been redrawn with the correct geometric construction and are perfectly tileable as allover patterns for background tiles, linear borders and page borders. For all the patterns of which the design permitted, we have created the corners tiles.
A large collection of Classic borders and background tiles from Nineteh and Persia, the region of the modern Iraq.

The Grammar of Ornament
Owen Jones first published this monument of design reference in 1856, in installments for subscribers. Since then have been many editions in many languages including modern reprints.
This beautiful and highly influential publication, illustrated with examples of historical styles of ornament is a classic in its field and still regarded with respect and consulted today. The choice of color used in the book was considered as important and influential as the designs.
The drawing in the plates are based on the massive collection of design patterns gathered by Owen Jones in his travels around the world and from collections residing in British Museums including the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum).

The Making of the Vector Graphics
At first view the making of the graphics from The Grammar of Ornament may be considered quite a simple task, lengthy and tedious, but simple. A more accurate look at the original graphics from the book shows that they are merely hand drawings without any accurate geometrical construction and often tricks of the brush were used to make the ends meet and the pattern look correct while it was not. To create the tiles and the corners of each drawing and each repeating pattern we had first to build the geometry and sometime we had to modify the proportions of the patterns to make them real and possible. Corners were inexistent and have been created for almost all the repeating linear patterns; the design of some linear pattern did not permit the creation of the corner. The EPS version of the graphics preserves in each file our original grouping of the elements, which facilitate the change of colors and/or the extraction of individual elements. All colors have been created as process colors and defined as global.

Vector Graphics
The graphic images that comprise this package are superior re-creations of the Chromolithography images from the plates of The Grammar of Ornament.

Preview the Other Volumes.
- All the Volumes
- Volume 1 - #501
- Volume 2 - #502
- Volume 3 - #503
- Volume 4 - #504
- Volume 5 - #505
- Volume 6 - #506
- Volume 7 - #507
- Volume 8 - #508
- Volume 9 - #509
- Volume 10 - #510
- Volume 11 - #511
- Volume 12 - #512
- Volume 13 - #513
- Volume 14 - #514
- Volume 15 - #515
- Volume 16 - #516
- Volume 17 - #517
- Volume 18 - #518

What is in the CDs

The Volumes of the GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT contain vector graphics based on the Owen Jones’ decorative designs collected in his book by the same name, the collection includes borders, dividers, corners, side tiles in various sizes and variations, repeating tiles large and small, decorative elements, etc.

The variety of images available can be evaluated in the “View the CD contents” link in this page. Because of the large amount of graphic files available in each CD, only one image per design is visible in the catalog, but beside each image there is a list of all the elements included for that specific design and their file name (better viewed in the large version of the online catalog).

This specific Volume includes 244 graphic files in the EPS format.

Every CD Collection includes files in three file formats:
EPS Version 8
WMF
TIFF at 600dpi

Also included are folders titled "Parchemin" (photographic reproductions of parchemins for background use) and "Books Backgrounds" (photographic reproduction of covers and pages of antique books); images that may be used as backgrounds.

A complete HTML catalog in every CD.