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Ten-piece floral border, green and purpleSpécimen général de la Fonderie Amsterdam (1915)

This is a dainty border, so I have coloured it with pastels. I can supply it also in the original black and white, or as a GIMP XCF file with the two different colours on separate layers if you want t [...]

Keywords: borders, foliated borders, colour, green, full-page borders, delicate borders, romance, christmas, xmas

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Added: 2018-08-25

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Full-page border of repeated vine leavesSpécimen général de la Fonderie Amsterdam (1915)

This full-page border was made from large pieces of type, each with one triple leaf on it together with a segment of stem and some blobs (grapes maybe). If you look closely you can see where the piec [...]

Keywords: borders, foliated borders, full-page borders, spring, leaves, vines, grapes, greyscale

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Added: 2024-11-30

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Wide border with roses and leavesSpécimen général de la Fonderie Amsterdam (1915)

This full-page border is wider at the bottom, giving a solid, balanced feel to the page. It includes roses and leaves, or I think they are roses at least. There’s an Art Deco feel to this border.

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, foliated borders, full-page borders, greyscale

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Added: 2018-08-28

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Lines and Leaves Page BorderSpécimen général de la Fonderie Amsterdam (1915)

This is a demonstration of how to use a repeating leaf ornament to make a border by combining it with metal rules (to draw straight lines) and with what I take to be mushrooms in the corners. The repr [...]

Keywords: borders, leaves, colour, green, foliated borders, full-page borders

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Added: 2014-03-11

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