Owen Jones - The Grammar of Ornament - 101 High resolution Images

This collection showcases exquisite images from Owen Jones’s renowned The Grammar of Ornament from 1856. Each plate beautifully illustrates the diverse decorative styles found across cultures in the Victorian era, offering vivid insight into the universal language of design and the enduring appeal of ornamental art.

This download features 101 hi-res images in JPEG format by the architect and designer Owen Jones.

The images are all 600dpi and range from 3870 pixels wide to 6640 pixels tall. 

The pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you’d like, including commercial use.

Owen Jones (1809–1874) was a pioneering English architect, designer, and theorist whose influence on Victorian design remains profound.

Born in London, Jones initially trained as an architect under Lewis Vulliamy but soon developed interests beyond architecture, including the decorative arts, colour theory, and design education.

His career was marked by a distinctive approach that sought to reform and modernise British design by embracing historical and international sources, coupled with innovative thinking about ornamentation and colour.

Read our full Owen Jones biography.