. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. 7); by clathing them withfoliage (figs. 6, 9, 10); or by combining the various systems (figs. 8and 11). In modern times the Torus is enriched by bound clustersof fruit. Water - leaves, artificial leaves with serrated margins, laurel,oak, ivy, &c. are most in use for the leaf ornaments. As in the caseof fruit clusters: ribbons are twined spirally at suitable placed roundthe fruit or foliage (figs. 5, 6 and 12). All these examples are drawn by first mark
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. 7); by clathing them withfoliage (figs. 6, 9, 10); or by combining the various systems (figs. 8and 11). In modern times the Torus is enriched by bound clustersof fruit. Water - leaves, artificial leaves with serrated margins, laurel,oak, ivy, &c. are most in use for the leaf ornaments. As in the caseof fruit clusters: ribbons are twined spirally at suitable placed roundthe fruit or foliage (figs. 5, 6 and 12). All these examples are drawn by first marking-off the divisions on theprofile, as indicated on the figures. Plate 99. The Enrichment of the Torus Moulding. 1—2. Modern. 3—4. Antique. 5—6. Antique, decorated with laurel and oak. 7. Mediaeval. 8. Mediaeval, decoration of an archivolt, Gelnhausen, 13th centui-y. 9. Temple of Jupiter, Rome. 10—12. Louvre, Paris, Prench Renascence, (Baldus). The Enrichment of other Mouldings. (Plate 100.) The Egg-and-tongue enriches, in architecture, the ovolo mouldingof capitals, and the lower members of cornices, &c. l.^6 Plate 99. The Enrichment of the Torus Moulding. I MOULDINGS. 157
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