Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . grooved, and withmuch less relief. The terminals are portrait heads facingoutwards. The lady wears a hood and whimple, and has apleasant face; the man also wears a hood; his face is verygrim; no wonder his wife looks the other way. Both theseheads are very lifelike. Stiff Leaf (No. 16). This is a very good example of the value of the bold stiffstem. The arrangement differs from all the rest, in which wefind a central design with detached terminals. Here thecomposition starts from the terminals, and two sprays flowingtowards the centre combine in a classical o
Devon & Cornwall notes & queries . grooved, and withmuch less relief. The terminals are portrait heads facingoutwards. The lady wears a hood and whimple, and has apleasant face; the man also wears a hood; his face is verygrim; no wonder his wife looks the other way. Both theseheads are very lifelike. Stiff Leaf (No. 16). This is a very good example of the value of the bold stiffstem. The arrangement differs from all the rest, in which wefind a central design with detached terminals. Here thecomposition starts from the terminals, and two sprays flowingtowards the centre combine in a classical or Romanesqueanthemion. The design is pleasing, and the workmanshipexcellent. Stiff Leaf (No. 26). The central boss is formed of four trefoil leaves with onependent leaf. This boss is placed at the junction of twolateral sprays of three trefoils with grooves and raised terminals are also of trefoils. The general effect of thecarving is good, though the lines of the composition are notas happy as in most of the others. 40.
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