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Appletons' cyclopædia of technical drawing (1896)

Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 700

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Fig. iriO. Fig. 1711. frieze and cornice (Fig. 1711). The fret (Fig. 1712) and the guilloche (Fig.1713) are also common Greek ornaments, used to adorn the soffits of beamsand ceilings. The acanthus is the distinctive ornament of the Corinthian, ofwhich a leaf is represented in front and side view… … Fig. 1714. Fig. 1715. Figs. 1716, 1717, and 1718 are the side elevation, front elevation, and sec-tion of a Greek bracket, the principal ornaments of which are taken from theanthemion and acanthus. Fig. 1719 is an elevation of a portion of an enriched cornice from thetemple of Jupiter Stator, at…

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