. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The Trapezophoron. Plate 143. 234 Plate 144. The Trapezophoron. The Trapezopboron. — The Console. 235 PiATE 144. The Trapezophoeon. 1. Marble support of antique table, Museum, Naples (judging trom the symbolism of the ornamentation, the leg is probably from a table sacred to Zeus), (Lart pour tous).2—3. Front and side view of a small Eoman table-support, marble, Naples Museum, Panther claw, Eros garbed with the nebris. 4. Roman table-support
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The Trapezophoron. Plate 143. 234 Plate 144. The Trapezophoron. The Trapezopboron. — The Console. 235 PiATE 144. The Trapezophoeon. 1. Marble support of antique table, Museum, Naples (judging trom the symbolism of the ornamentation, the leg is probably from a table sacred to Zeus), (Lart pour tous).2—3. Front and side view of a small Eoman table-support, marble, Naples Museum, Panther claw, Eros garbed with the nebris. 4. Roman table-support, marble, British Museum. 5. „ „ „ , Head of Hercules and lion claw,Vatican. 6. Antique Support, marble, (Yulliamy). The Console. (Plates 145—147.) The form of the Console is extremely varied; as are its usesand applications. It is determined by the function, and the materialof which it is made, as well as by the style of the period. Architectural members of the character of Consoles are earlyfound in the Chinese and Indian, as also in the Assyrian style; butin the Egyptian style they are wanting. Volute Consoles, very beautifully developed, are found sporadi-cally in t
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