Egyptian Nr 1 by Owen Jones
Drawn from Owen Jones' landmark 1856 publication The Grammar of Ornament, Egyptian Nr 1 presents ancient decorative systems with Victorian scholarly precision. Lotus forms, geometric banding, and hieroglyphic motifs are arranged in strict registers, each element colour-separated with typographic clarity. The palette — lapis, terracotta, and gold on a dark ground — is both archaeologically informed and boldly graphic. Jones was documenting a visual language, but the result reads as pure design: systematic, vibrant, and unexpectedly modern in its grid-based logic.
As a canvas print, the illustration's dense ornamental detail is warmed by the woven texture, giving the flat geometry a tactile richness. The deep tones absorb into the surface with satisfying depth. Hand-produced in our Berlin studio.
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Drawn from Owen Jones' landmark 1856 publication The Grammar of Ornament, Egyptian Nr 1 presents ancient decorative systems with Victorian scholarly precision. Lotus forms, geometric banding, and hieroglyphic motifs are arranged in strict registers, each element colour-separated with typographic clarity. The palette — lapis, terracotta, and gold on a dark ground — is both archaeologically informed and boldly graphic. Jones was documenting a visual language, but the result reads as pure design: systematic, vibrant, and unexpectedly modern in its grid-based logic.
As a canvas print, the illustration's dense ornamental detail is warmed by the woven texture, giving the flat geometry a tactile richness. The deep tones absorb into the surface with satisfying depth. Hand-produced in our Berlin studio.
