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antique ornament
Every blog article filed under antique ornament.
August 10, 2026
How to carve a replacement that matches an antique
A client sent me a photograph and an order for fifteen rosettes. No antique, just the picture. Here is what actually gives a new carving away, and the tool that fixes it.
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August 3, 2026
Louis Quatorze Ornament, Built Out of Light and Shade
The scroll and the shell, and why a Louis Quatorze panel is never allowed a flat surface. Where the style turns into Louis Quinze, where it falls apart into Rococo, and what all of it teaches a carver about light.
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