Name/Title
ARCHITECTURAL AND DECORATIVE ORNAMENTS, THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF JACOBSON & CO., 1929, VOL. 2Entry/Object ID
98.11.1.1Description
ARCHITECTURAL AND DECORATIVE ORNAMENTS, THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF JACOBSON & CO., 1929, VOL. 2
Color: Green
"Architectural and Decorative Ornaments, The General Catalogue of Jacobson & Co., Volume 2" (New York: Jacobson & Co, 1929), 254 pp. A hardcover book, without dustjacket, with a green cover. A side border of several black lines in various widths is at the left of the cover and the title of the work at the bottom in an Art Deco-type font. The title is also on the spine in the same font. The catalogue provides black and white photographs of offered products with prices. Items include brackets; capitals; ceilings; columns; corbels; cornices; grilles; mouldings; pilasters; and rosettes, among others. At the front are examples of buildings with materials from the company. Ex-libris marks the architectural firm of Wadsworth, Boston, & Tuttle, and its successor Wadsworth & Boston of Portland, Maine and of James M. Goode, seller of the book to the Homestead, are on the inside front cover and front section. With abrasions on the cover's edges; overall surface soiling on the cover and some pages; and occasional pencil marks on pages, the book is in good condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, Jacobson & Co., Wadsworth, Boston, & Tuttle [Firm], Wadsworth & Boston [Firm], Architecture--Details, Decoration and ornament, Architectural