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Stock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover, Benson Stock Images]

Stock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages was a catalogue put out by Benson Printing Company of Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 1922. It included, as the title suggests, a catalogue of stock blocks, a sort of early clip art or stock image, presumably so their customers could select what they wanted used in the work done for them.

There is a copy of this book at archive.org but not in very high resolution.

Title: Stock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages

Author: Benson Printing Co.

Published by: The John A. Hertel Co.

City: Nashville, TN

Date: 1922

Total items: 8

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Art Deco Full Page Border]

Art Deco Full Page Border

This border, with its Art Deco swirls and architectural pillars, was printed in olive green ink. You can use the Colour tab to the side of the image to change the colour, though. [more...] [$]

[picture: Classical full-page border with goddess]

Classical full-page border with goddess

This frame, cartouche, border, whatever you like to call it, features a Greek-style portico or entrance, with a laurel-crowned goddess sitting on the steps reading a book. A pile of large books is next to [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Front Cover, Benson Stock Images]

Front Cover, Benson Stock Images

This catalogue was issued in a green cover with gold foil-stamped lettering to impress possible customers. [more...] [$]

[picture: Full-page template or border with castle]

Full-page template or border with castle

A two-colour illustration of a mediæval castle and a rather tall tree sit on the right-hand side of this full-page [more...] [$]

[picture: Faun playing pipes to his children]

Faun playing pipes to his children

An adult faun, with the legs of a goat and garlands of flowers in his hair, plays the pan pipes to three faun children. All are topless and have horns. [more...] [$]


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