Description:

Egyptian

Notes: The red star shape may seem as the dominant repeating figure against a bluish background with white stripes. However, the dominant repeating figure can also be seen as the blue star shape against a red background decorated with ornamental circles.

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Book:

Jones, Owen. The Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Folio Edition of the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1987.

Location:

Plate 11

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