Art Library / Lettering and Borders
Lettering and Borders
Initials, monograms, frames, cartouches, labels and printed verse to run around the rest of the work.
9 collections, 3,471 pieces in total. Pick a collection to see the art inside it.
Engraving
Flourished blackletter lowercase
From Lewis Foreman Day, Alphabets Old and New , scan page 69
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Constitutional Club library bookplate 01
From Egerton Castle, English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern (1893), scan page 19
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Engraved title banner
From Gardner D. Hiscox, Mechanical Movements, Powers and Devices , scan page 8
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Start with a subject or a set of historical plates.
Alphabets & Initials
Decorated initials, monograms and full alphabets from sign-painting and printers' books.
Borders & Frames
Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
Ephemera
Postage stamps, postmarks, apothecary labels, tickets and seals for collage and journalling.
Labels
Poison labels, prescription blanks, cologne and bitters labels, and the ornamental frames a chemist overprinted with a shop name.
Illuminated Lettering
Initials, alphabets and title panels laid out in gold and colour by illuminating manuals.
Penmanship and Flourishes
Swans and eagles drawn in one sweep of the pen, flourished stags and capitals, from the manuals a writing master taught from.
Motifs and moods
Follow a more specific object, detail or feeling.
Monograms and Ciphers
Entwined initials and ciphers, cut for linen, silver and letterheads.
Flourishes and Penwork
Swashes, swirls and foliate pen flourishes, the loose ornament that fills a corner of a page.
Seals and Signets
Pressed wax and cut stone: the mark that stood in for a signature.
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