From an advertisement for Illustrations pour les œuvres de W. Shakespeare in L’Illustration, 4 mars 1883.
Shakespeare Frame
Category Archives: Ornaments and Typography
Frame with Herald
| Description | English: Frame with herald from a 1916 advertisement |
| Date | 1916 |
| Source | Advertisement in American Photography |
| Author | Anonymous |
Frame with Columns
| Description | English: Graphic frame with pseudoclassical columns |
| Date | 1910 |
| Source | Cover of “Kresge’s March Two-Step” by Rocco Venuto |
| Author | Anonymous |
Movie Frame with Torches
From the Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1912.
Mermaid Ornament
| Description | English: Mermaid ornament from a 1912 magazine |
| Date | 1912 |
| Source | The Motion Picture Story Magazine (https://archive.org/details/motionpicturesto04moti/page/n465/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Anonymous |
The ornament was originally used as the right side of a pair, the left side being a mirror image.
Oval Foliage Frame
From the Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1911.
Frame with Flowers, Foliage, Urns, etc.
From the Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1911.
Various Ornaments from 1911
All from the Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1911. Most of these are designed to be flipped and used in pairs.
Lighthouse
From The Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1911.
Grasping Pig-Demon Frame
| Description | English: Graphic frame in the form of a grotesque pig-demon |
| Date | 1898 |
| Source | Advertisement in The Metal Worker (https://archive.org/details/metalWorker_18980312/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |