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Owen Jones, 'Original drawing for The Grammar of Ornament (Moresque No. 5)', published 1856. Museum no. 1616

Owen Jones, 'Original drawing for The Grammar of Ornament (Moresque No. 5)', published 1856. Museum no. 1616

Owen Jones (1809-74)
Original drawing for The Grammar of Ornament (Moresque No. 5)
Published 1856
Pen and bodycolour
Museum no. 1616

The majority of the tile patterns shown here come from the various alcoves that surround the 'Hall of the Ambassadors' at the Alhambra Palace. Jones included them in 'The Grammar of Ornament' in order to illustrate the role of geometry and tessellation in Islamic design.