One Thousand and One Initial Letters

Name: One Thousand and One Initial Letters
Author: Owen Jones

by Owen Jones

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2007-08-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Alphabets Illumination of books and manuscripts Initials Decoration and ornament -- Victorian style

About the author

Owen Jones

1809–1874

Best known for transforming Victorian ideas about color and pattern, this architect and designer helped shape how the 19th century thought about ornament. His books and interiors drew on close study of the Alhambra and became hugely influential in design history.

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