Identifier: devoncornwallnot112amer_0 (find matches)
Title: Devon & Cornwall notes & queries
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Amery, John S
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Publisher: Exeter, England : J.G. Commin
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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r typethan all the rest of the carving; it is of trefoil with raisedlobes, and retains the roundness of early work. The sinisterterminal is also of trefoil, but the lobes are pointed instead ofround. It looks as though both had been roughed out at thesame time, but one only was finished; later the other wasworked on, perhaps after a considerable interval, perhapssimply by another workman of the new school, who wantedto move with the times. The central design is of intermediatetype. Stiff Leaf (No. 46). A very fine example of stiff-leaf ornament. Compositionand technique are both excellent. The trefoil appears through-out ; the lobes are only slightly raised, but a grand effect oflight and shade is produced by the very skilful undercutting.The design is symmetrical without being formal, and thetrefoils which compose the terminals spread in a fan-like way,with the peculiar swirl which was developed in such anadmirable way a little later. Part of the sinister terminal isa restoration. 42
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