From a painted china bottle.
From "Examples of Chinese Ornament" by Owen Jones, London: 1867

From a gourd-shaped painted china vase.
From "Examples of Chinese Ornament" by Owen Jones, London: 1867

From a painted china vase.
From "Examples of Chinese Ornament" by Owen Jones, London: 1867

We all know that filler text is bad, but still.

Instead of using meaningless lorem ipsum
Use paragraphs from for example Wikipedia on #ClimateChange

Pattern with passionflowers.
Franz Moises, from "Ornamental Designs," 1861

Pattern with passionflowers.
Franz Moises, from "Ornamental Designs," 1861

Decorative panel with geometric design.
Franz Moises, from "Ornamental Designs," 1861

Birds, background effect—Snails and mushroom—Ladybugs and maidenhair fern, fabric—Golden pheasants and irises, border.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "L'Animal dans la décoration," Paris: [1897]

Swifts and honeysuckle, border—Squirrels and hazel, wallpaper—Birds and flowering hazel, border.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "L'Animal dans la décoration," Paris: [1897]

Peacocks and poppies, border—Gurnards, seaweed, and scallop shells—cloisonné enamel dish.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "L'Animal dans la décoration," Paris: [1897]

Iris.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896]

Lily of the valley.
Aline Poidevin, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896]

Crown imperial.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896]

Now that's what I call job security.

Louis Rhead, title page of "A Collection of Book Plate Designs," Boston: 1907

Ex-libris with oil lamp.
Louis Rhead, from "A Collection of Book Plate Designs," Boston: 1907

Ex-libris with peacock.
Louis Rhead, from "A Collection of Book Plate Designs," Boston: 1907

Pavement in encaustic tiles, by Minton & Co.
From "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2" by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53

Wallpaper by Townsend & Parker.
Frederick Smallfield, from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2" by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53

Chintz pattern by Japui & Son, of Paris.
Henry Rafter, from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2" by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53

Wallpaper by Woollams.
From "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century," vol. 2, by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53

Indian lac work.
Pozzi, from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century," vol. 2, by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53