. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. —2. Renascence, (Raguenet). 3—4. Italian Renascence, Florence, (Gewerbehalle). 5. Modem, (Gewerbehalle). 6. Modern, by Prof. Schick, Carlsruhe. 7. Modern, by the architect Huber, Frankfort. The Strap-work Frame. (Plates 265—266.) When the Frame is cut into fantastic shapes and bands, whichinterlace and curl, like leathern Straps; then it is termed the Strap-work Frame. It is much used, in the later Renascence, for Shields,Tablets, &c.; and is a charact
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. —2. Renascence, (Raguenet). 3—4. Italian Renascence, Florence, (Gewerbehalle). 5. Modem, (Gewerbehalle). 6. Modern, by Prof. Schick, Carlsruhe. 7. Modern, by the architect Huber, Frankfort. The Strap-work Frame. (Plates 265—266.) When the Frame is cut into fantastic shapes and bands, whichinterlace and curl, like leathern Straps; then it is termed the Strap-work Frame. It is much used, in the later Renascence, for Shields,Tablets, &c.; and is a characteristic of the Elizabethan style. Foliage,palmettes, festoons and garlands of fruit, fluttering ribbons, cherub-heads, &c. are frequently added. Strap-work was an invention of theRenascence; and it is extremely common, especially in the later yearsof that period. This kind of Frame-work is frequently used, not asa Frame, but for mere decorative purposes, so that the fields to beframed are left as empty spaces. Strap-work appears in architecture,sepulchral monuments, and epitaphs; on medals and coins; in cabinet- FRAMES. 469. The Strap-work Frame. Plate 265. 470 FRAMES. 2 ^^ «fl nI -^__ ^^JM ^^
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