Ornamental Designs and a Note on Springs
A knotted candelabrum, a decorative panel of rosettes and scrollwork, and a memorandum on springs.
The sheet is filled with decorative designs: a candelabrum-like finial wrapped in rope-knot interlace beneath a foliate crown, and a rectangular ornamental panel worked with paired rosettes, palmette sprays, spiral volutes and a closing band of circular whorls. A single line of mirror-script set among the ornament is a maker's note directing that the springs be made hard and of equal force. The pen ornament is firmly drawn while the writing is faint.
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Decorative panel and knotted candelabrum
A rectangular panel is laid out with paired rosettes, palmette sprays and spiral scrollwork, closed at the foot by a band of circular whorls; above it a candelabrum-like finial is bound with rope-knot interlace beneath a foliate crown.
Note on springs
Among the ornament a memorandum directs the maker to render the springs hard and of equal force.