PICTURE FRAMING MAGAZINE Ornamentation In Frame Design
PICTURE FRAMING MAGAZINE Ornamentation In Frame Design
PICTURE FRAMING MAGAZINE Ornamentation In Frame Design
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Celtic interlocking design: the chief characteristic of Celtic ornament consists in the<br />
absence of foliage or other vegetal ornament. The extreme intricacy and interlocking<br />
geometric pattern and ribbonwork is composed of knots and tails in an intertwining<br />
endless pattern.<br />
Celtic roundel corner from The Golden<br />
Gospels, 9th century, A.D.<br />
CELTIC<br />
A Celtic corner from The Golden<br />
Gospels, 9th century, A.D. Here, interlocking<br />
patterns are used as a corner<br />
design.<br />
A Celtic Anglo-Saxon corner from a book<br />
at the British Museum called The Golden<br />
Gospels, produced in the 9th century, A.D.<br />
This style of ornament was fully developed<br />
before the end of the 7th century, possibly<br />
being influenced by Irish missionaries travelling<br />
to the Holy Land and obtaining ideas<br />
and principles of design.<br />
Celtic panel: a frieze pattern<br />
from the Book of Kells,<br />
c. 800 A.D.<br />
Celtic knot that forms a corner block<br />
design from the Book of Kells,<br />
c. 800 A.D.<br />
February 2004
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