Ornamental Borders, Scrolls and Cartouches in Historic Decorative Styles yet readable

yet readable

tricky questions

Preceding each plan is a sketch of the finished building and a floor plan

exuberant treatment of classical motives

Ornamental Borders, Scrolls and Cartouches in Historic Decorative Styles yet readableIn 1923 the Syracuse Ornamental Company in New York State advertised its fiber wood carvings, moldings, and furniture trimmings to the trade in an elegantly illustrated sales catalog. The catalog contained thousands of beautiful line drawings of delicately carved floral wreaths and sprays for furniture panels, as well as finely worked trophes, bases, posts, corners, and legs. Now hundreds of these attractive and skillfully drawn illustrations have