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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 94

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s peculiar tothe Ionic and Corinthian orders. In decora-tion, the anchors seen on ancient monumentspossess nearly the same form as modern ones,only the stock is wanted in all of them. Theyare generally double-fluked. Ancon, in decoration, a curved drinkinghorn or cup. The arm of a chair. Ancones,… … apparently supporting the mouldings placedover them. Corbels, consoles, or ornamentscut on the keystones of arches, sometimesserving to support busts or other figures. Thetwo parts or branches of a square, which meetin an angle resembling the letter L. Ankred (in heraldry) applied to a cross ofthe…

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