Manual of the Bouton Foundry Company, 1887
A trade catalogue issued by the Bouton Foundry Company of Chicago in 1887 to sell cast-iron columns, storefront framing, doors and structural castings to builders, architects and contractors. Engraved plates show columns in elevation with lettered model codes, cross-section diagrams, dimension marks, and detail views of capitals with acanthus scrolls, fluting and diamond-panelled shafts, offering designers ready vertical elements, ornament motifs and catalogue-page layouts.
