Illustration: Hindoo Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 Owen Jones started his chapter on Hindoo Ornament in his groundbreaking The Grammar of Ornament first published in 1856, with an apology for the poor record that Britain had of early Indian architectural and ornamental decoration. He surmised rightly, that at some point in the future the British would have as large a collection and more importantly, the same level of understanding of Indian art and design, as they were beginning to achieve with that of Ancient Egypt for example.
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Owen Jones and Hindoo Ornament