[CHINESE ART]. JONES, Owen (1809-1874). Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and Other Collections. London: S. & T. Gilbert, 1867.
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Lot Description
[CHINESE ART]. JONES, Owen (1809-1874). Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and Other Collections. London: S. & T. Gilbert, 1867.
4to (334 x 225 mm). Chromolithographed title, title printed in red and black, 98 chromolithographed plates (of 99, lacking plate V). (Occasional light spotting to text pages, a few marginal flaws to a few plates.) Original red gilt and blind-stamped cloth, edges gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, light soiling). Provenance: Blumenthal (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Jones’s study of Chinese design and motifs found on ceramics, textiles and enamels. Many of the pattern motifs were sourced from South Kensington Museum’s early holdings (the museum was later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum), or from a circle of collectors including Alfred Morrison, Louis Huth, Matthew Digby Wyatt, and Thomas Chappell.
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection
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