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However, unlike Pugin, Jones did not believe that one could simply reproduce past styles in a modern context. He believed that architecture and design should be of its time, but that it should look to the ornamental art of the past for inspiration. Though the forms he used were often naturalistic, he reduced them to flat forms in patterns based on his notion of ‘geometrical construction’. In his essay of 1852, ‘Colour in the Decorative Arts’ (published in George Shaw’s <i>On the Manufacture of Glass</i>), he wrote that ‘paper hangings should not call attention to themselves, but remain as a background for the paintings, engravings, and other art works’. Yet his wallpapers are characterised by strong colours in uncommon combinations, devised in accordance with his own colour theories.","physicalDescription":"Specimen of 'Persian Sprig' wallpaper, a Persian pattern; Colour woodblock print, on paper.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Jones, Owen","id":"A8559"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"John Trumble and Company","id":"A3067"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ink","id":"AAT187371"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"colour woodblock print","id":"x37101"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Colour woodblock print, on paper","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Wall coverings","id":"THES48878"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006BK8780"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"MB2B","shelf":"DR56","box":"DW4"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"wallpaper","id":""}],[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1858","earliest":"1858-01-01","latest":"1858-12-31"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"4779-1854","id":"O482167"},"association":"Source"}],"creditLine":"Given by Miss Catherine Jones, daughter of the artist","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"45.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"52.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"The bottom right hand corner is missing.","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Miss Catherine Jones, daughter of the artist.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Specimen of 'Persian Sprig' wallpaper, a Persian pattern; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Designed by Owen Jones; Produced by John Trumble and Company; England; 1858.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oman, Charles C. and Hamilton, Jean. <u>Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Carey, Moya, et al. Persian Art : Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&A. Edited by Charlotte Chapman, V&A Publishing, 2017."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"In his Grammar of Ornament, published in 1856, Jones included a section on Persian patterns, praising the 'great simplicity and ingenuity displayed in the conventional renderun of natural flowers'. He illustrated some motifs very like these, taken from a Persian pattern book in this museum. This design is still being produced by Laura Ashley.\n\nNote: \nMoya Carey has written about the visual sources Owen Jones used in the museum in her book <i>Persian Art: Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V&amp;A </i>(2017) . There is a section on Owen Jones from p.27 and the question of this design and the pattern book is on pp.33-34. The pattern book itself is now attributed to India but it was thought to be ‘Persian’ at the time. See the 'Book of Floral designs' (India) on Explore the Collections, image 9, museum no: 4779-1854.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["8342:15"],"accessionNumberNum":"8342","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-05","recordCreationDate":"2005-12-07","availableToBook":false}}