Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 210
, theyhave seldom reached and still more seldom surpassed the Antiquemodels. Plate 121. The Foliated Shaft. 1. Finial of the choragic monument of Lysikrates, Athens, (in-tended for the reception of a bronze tripod), Greek. 2. Part of the shaft of a Roman State-candelabrum, marble,Vatican museum,… … Plate 121. The Foliated Shaft. The Fluted Shaft. — The Base. 197 The Fluted Shaft. (Plate 122.) Columns, Piers, Candelabra, and similar Supports frequently havechannellings or flutings. The object of these is to give animation tothe smooth shaft, and to emphasize the expression of the principle…
Decoration and ornament · Art objects
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