I just stumbled onto this book called "Examples of Chinese ornament", by Owen Jones, London, 1867. It is full of, well, examples of Chinese ornament..., of course :), selected from the objects in South Kensington museum and other collections (100 plates, to be exact). It is absolutely incredible. If you click here you can flip through every single page and gorge yourselves on amazing colors and patterns. I'm particularly partial to blue and white so that's what I'm mostly sharing here. But there are so many more amazing colors and incredible patterns, I urge you to look.
This makes me want to make dozens of pattern inspired papercuts. So far I've done Batik and Faux Bois and a limited edition collection for a design company (see here) but I'm eager now to do more.
So, enjoy...
Gorgeous!
xoxoxo
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