Forest leaves . end from floor to floor. Each arch has double carved molded beads differeing in design, al-though the modern Romanesque style predominates, the total being verylarge. It is well to note that it is no small achievement to have succeeded ininventing designs for so many moldings of the same shape and size, re-taining the style throughout while each separate piece has an interest ofits own. It is interesting in this connection that wherever the Romanesquestyle has been used, no matter by what nationality, France, Spain, Italyor England, (the Normanesque being Englands version) it h
Forest leaves . end from floor to floor. Each arch has double carved molded beads differeing in design, al-though the modern Romanesque style predominates, the total being verylarge. It is well to note that it is no small achievement to have succeeded ininventing designs for so many moldings of the same shape and size, re-taining the style throughout while each separate piece has an interest ofits own. It is interesting in this connection that wherever the Romanesquestyle has been used, no matter by what nationality, France, Spain, Italyor England, (the Normanesque being Englands version) it has taken onan individuality distinctive of each country. America has been no ex-ception to this rule, the style having taken on a very decided characterthat pleased the American public very much until the builders began to 44 FOREST LEAVES cheapen and degrade the ornament. Its capability has been by no meansexhausted, if it be designed lovingly and honestly—the only way to pro- duce good work that will §m 2 i— Western Staircase, New York State Capitol, Albany. The western staircase is an apt illustration of the artistic skill andversatility of design to be found in our native born and naturalized talent,if it be given a fair opportunity for development. The carved beading, FOREST LEAVES 45 looking like delicate lace-work, serves to connect the different parts,knitting the work together from base to finish and carrying the eye fromone cluster of capitals to the next above. There are eight clustered capitals intermediate to the first and secondfloors. Upon each of the sides of these a disc is carved, amid foliage,bearing the names in raised lettering of the sixty counties of the those intermediate to the second and third floors, upon each face ofthe four side of the latter capitals (eight in number) a disc is developed,blending with the boldly swelling bell of the cap. They are well com-posed, their originality winning commendation from those technicallyqua
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