Bookcase door panel

Designer: Owen Jones

c. 1866

Wood

Minneapolis Institute of Art

After extensive study travels throughout Egypt, Turkey, and Spain, Owen Jones published <I>Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra</I> in 1842. This pioneer work illustrated Islamic design motifs and was the first major British work printed in chromolithography. Jones's own adaptation of the Islamic style is best exemplified by the interiors he created for 16 Carlton House Terrace, the London townhouse of scholar and antiquarian Alfred Morrison (1821-1897). Jones and Morrison's passion for Orientalism and craftsmanship, with the help of Morrison's considerable fortune, resulted in a rich layering of ornament througho