From the Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1912.
Category Archives: Ornaments and Typography
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 |
Victory Rooster
Description | English: Stock cut from an 1897 American Type Founders catalogue |
Date | 1897 |
Source | Specimens of Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts, etc. (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/748/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Art Nouveau Foliage Ornament
Description | English: Foliage ornament from a French movie magazine, 1911 |
Date | 1911 |
Source | Le Courrier cinématographique (https://archive.org/details/courrier-cinematographique-1911-17/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Cemetery Frame
Description | English: Frame from an advertisement for the Pittsburg Steam Marble Works, 1844 |
Date | 1844 |
Source | Harris’ Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny (https://archive.org/details/harrisbusinessdi00harr/page/n143/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |