The acanthus frieze comes from a decorative border drawn by Florio Vavassore (XVI century) for a book frontispiece. Little information reached us about the author and the date of this work , but we know he exercised his talent for the printer Soncinus in Fano, Italy. His brother Andrea Vavassore is better known because he helped by his engraved work to disseminate the Moorish motifs throughout Europe.



Suggested use

- Isolated in a central pattern,
- At the beginning or at he the end of termination the frieze,
- Frieze single or combined with other reasons for wall separation or a piece of cloth border.



Chromatic suggestions

The pattern is suitable for:
- Monochrome,
- Monochrome accentuated by the work of shadows and light by choosing a luminous orientation,
- Polychrome, each element being hidden at the application of colors; the work of shadows and light is possible once the pattern is dry .



Level of difficulty

* The stencil is simple. No particular difficulty.

Ce motif provient d’une affiche d’exposition universelle organisée dans la capitale belge en 1897. L’architecte Otto Wagner, un des piliers de la Sécession viennoise, y découvre l’Art nouveau belge mêlant style géométrique et esprit japonisant.

Suggestions d’utilisation

- en frise simple ou associée à d’autres motifs

Suggestions chromatiques

Le motif est adapté à :
- la monochromie
- la polychromie, chaque élément étant caché au passage des couleurs

Niveau de difficulté *

Le pochoir est simple. Pas de difficulté particulière.

The frieze ovum, inherited from Greek art, is found from the first Pompeian style. We find it in the Villa Arianna at Stabiae not far from Pompeii.

Suggested use
- Frieze single or combined with other patterns for wall separation or a border.

Chromatic suggestions
The pattern is suitable for:
- Monochrome,
- Monochrome accented by a the work of light and shadow by choosing a light orientation.

Level of difficulty
* The stencil is simple. No particular difficulty.

Suggested use
- Frieze single or combined with other patterns for separation wall or border.



Chromatic suggestions
The pattern is suitable for:
- monochromy,
- monochromy emphasized by work of light and shadow by choosing a light orientation.



Level of difficulty
** The stencil requires attention; no particular difficulty but the complexity and multiplication of bridges require care.. No particular difficulty.

Suggested use
- Frieze single or combined with other patterns for separation wall or border.



Chromatic suggestions
The pattern is suitable for:
- monochromy,
- monochromy emphasized by work of light and shadow by choosing a light orientation.



Level of difficulty
** The stencil requires attention; no particular difficulty but the complexity and multiplication of bridges require care.

Suggested use
  - Frieze single or combined with other patterns for separation wall or border.

 

Chromatic suggestions
  The pattern is suitable for:
  - monochromy,
  - monochromy emphasized by monochromy work of light and shadow by choosing a light orientation.

 

Level of difficulty
  ** The stencil requires attention; no particular difficulty but the complexity and multiplication of bridges require care.

Suggested use
  - Frieze single or combined with other patterns for separation wall or border.

 

Chromatic suggestions
  The pattern is suitable for:
  - monochromy,
  - monochromy emphasized by monochromy work of light and shadow by choosing a light orientation.

 

Level of difficulty
  ** The stencil requires attention; no particular difficulty but the complexity and multiplication of bridges require care.

This frieze is extracted from a model of entablature of the Corinthian  of a collection of engravings of the seventeenth century. The collections of prints reproduced the architectural decorations found in the ancient Greek and Roman art.

Suggested use
- Frieze single or combined with other patterns for wall separation or at a piece of cloth border.

Chromatic suggestions
The pattern is suitable for:
- Monochrome,
- Monochrome accentuated by the work of light and shadow by choosing a bright orientation,
- Polychrome, each element being hidden at the application of colors; the work of light and shadow is possible once the pattern is dry.

Level of difficulty
*** The stencil is tricky. It requires a certain application or for the reproduction of the frieze either installing or removing the support because bridges or windings.

The frieze of palmettes from the entablature framing the painted panel "death of Icarus under the helpless eyes of Daedalus" of the Imperial villa of Pompeii. The villa is characteristic of the 3rd Pompeian style with large flat surfaces and brightly colored columns with tapered barrels often vegetated. The fresco of the Imperial Villa, motif-palmette-pompéi (see below) takes place above the frieze.

Suggested use
- Frieze single or combined with other patterns for wall separation or at a piece of cloth border.

Chromatic suggestions
The pattern is suitable for:
- Monochrome,
- Monochrome accentuated by the work of light and shadow by choosing a bright orientation,
- Polychrome, each element being hidden at the application of colors; the work of light and shadow is possible once the pattern is dry.

Level of difficulty
  ** The stencil requires attention; no particular difficulty but the multiplication or fragility of the bridges require care.

Suggested use
  - Frieze single or combined with other patterns for separation wall or border.

 

Chromatic suggestions
  The pattern is suitable for:
  - monochromy,
  - monochromy emphasized by monochromy work of light and shadow by choosing a light orientation.
  - Polychrome, each element being hidden when painting colors; the work of light and shadow is possible once the pattern is dry .

 

Level of difficulty
  *** The stencil is tricky. It requires a certain application either for breeding frieze either installing or removing the support because bridges or windings.