Embellishment Collection (#2)

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 3 Plate Xciii From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 10 Plate C From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 8 Plate Xcviii From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 1 Plate Xci From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 6 Plate Xcvi From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 4 Plate Xciv From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 9 Plate Xcix From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 5 Plate Xcv From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 2 Plate Xcii From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Leaves And Flowers From Nature No 7 Plate Xcvii From The Grammar Of Ornament By Owen Jones Published By Day & Son London 1865

Eagle and snake penmanship calligraphy 1881
Real PenWork, Self Instructor in Penmanship. Copyright 1881 by the Publishers Knowles and Maxim, Pittsfield, Mass

Decorated horse statue, temple for the god Madurai Veeran, Mandavi, Tamil Nadu, India

Gopuram of Srivilliputhur Vadapadrasayi temple, Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu, Tamilnadu, South India, India, Asia

Gopuram of Sri Chamundeshwari Temple, Chamundi Hill, Mysore, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

The six remaining columns of the Temple of Jupiter, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon, Middle East, Orient

Interior of Heidelberg Castle in Heidelberg, Germany Circa 1887
Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Entrance to Interior of Heidelberg Castle in Heidelberg, Germany Circa 1887. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Patterned stockings including patriotic flags, WW1 fashion
Two pairs of stockings with the embellishment fashionable during the First World War on the left, a pair featuring squirrels on the ankles from Peter Robinson an don the right

Bird penmanship calligraphy 1881
Real PenWork, Self Instructor in Penmanship. Copyright 1881 by the Publishers Knowles and Maxim, Pittsfield, Mass

Fish penmanship calligraphy 1881
Real PenWork, Self Instructor in Penmanship. Copyright 1881 by the Publishers Knowles and Maxim, Pittsfield, Mass

Birds and ribbons penmanship calligraphy 1881
Real PenWork, Self Instructor in Penmanship. Copyright 1881 by the Publishers Knowles and Maxim, Pittsfield, Mass

Game of cricket, 1774 (engraving)
XJF2653561 Game of cricket, 1774 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frontispiece for New Articles of the Game of Cricket)

Balcony with the inscription Hie Schweiz Grund und Boden, here begins Swiss land, at the Town Hall of Basel, Switzerland, Europe

Haus zum Breiten Herd, historic Renaissance guild house, Fischmarkt square, Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Symbolic representation of a tiger on the beams of a building, Thimphu, Bhutan, South Asia

Decorated horse statue statue of the god, temple for the god Madurai Veeran, Mandavi, Tamil Nadu, India

Decorated Hanuman statue, temple for the god Madurai Veeran, Mandavi, Tamil Nadu, India

Shiva and Parvati, ornate statues, temple for the god Madurai Veeran, Mandavi, Tamil Nadu, India

Entrance gate decorated with wood carving, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Decorative metal vase, at the gate to Place Stanislas, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Excursion boats, Song Huong or Huong Giang or Perfume River, near Hue, North Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Gable of St. Marys Cathedral in Porvoo, Finland, Europe

Marble lion, Wat Suan Dok, temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia, PublicGround

Gothic St. Elizabeths Church, portal with a pointed arch, Marburg, Hesse, Germany

The Virgin Mary with angels in the tympanum of the portal of the Gothic St. Elizabeths Church, Marburg, Hesse, Germany

Fire Temple, a modern Zoroastrian Shrine, Yazd, Iran

Detail view of the entrance portal, Herz Jesu Kirche church, historism, consecrated in 1887, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Sri Shveta Varahaswami temple in the garden of the Maharajas Palace Mysore Palace, Mysore, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Ganesh figure on Sri Chamundeshwari Temple, Chamundi Hill, Mysore, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Riders on horses and elephants, rows of figurines on the wall of Kesava Temple, Keshava Temple, Hoysala style, Somnathpur, Somanathapura, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Hindu image of a deity, Kesava Temple, Keshava Temple, Hoysala style, Somnathpur, Somanathapura, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Wall of Kesava Temple, Keshava Temple, Hoysala style, Somnathpur, Somanathapura, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Rows of figurines on the wall of Kesava Temple, Keshava Temple, Hoysala style, Somnathpur, Somanathapura, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Lokomata burial site in the shape of a traditional Toraja house, near Ratepao, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Basilica Sant Frances, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

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