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MHS Library | Patterns

The Grammar of Ornament

Find many examples of pattern in The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones 

Italian pattern (Florence)

Mughal pattern - Islamic India

Persian ornament.

More Islamic art 

Greek patterns

American Indian patterns

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Japanese patterns

Egyptian patterns

Arabian patterns

Assyrian and Persian ornament

Arabian patterns

Soviet textile patterns (Russia)