Lexicographical Neighbors of Mascarons
Literary usage of Mascarons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Furniture of Our Forefathers by Esther Singleton, Russell Sturgis (1913)
"In the present case the carving is of unusual interest. It is rare that mascarons
are introduced into work of this epoch (about 1780), and still more rare ..."
2. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"They decorated their work more with geometrical figures cut into the clay, and
interspersed them with mascarons, lions' heads and arabesques of vine leaves. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1812)
"... to her daughter : " all the world were at •mon, and the sermon was worth all
the world ;" and " I go to the sermons of the mascarons and the ..."
4. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1913)
"... knees are carved mascarons. This settee belongs to the American Antiquarian
Society, of Worcester, Massachusetts. ..."
5. Voyage en Russie by Théophile Gautier (1867)
"Des consoles à mascarons chimériques complétaient cette ornementation élégante
sur laquelle le Temps avait passé son pouce, juste à point pour donner aux ..."
6. American Architect and Building News (1908)
"... shells, usually that of the escallop, acanthus leaves and scrolls, tassels,
heads and wings of eagles, crowns, conventional figures and mascarons. ..."
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