[Architectural details
A plate-series of engraved architectural details by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, issued in Orleans in the sixteenth century and catalogued by the Getty Research Institute, offering classical ornament for builders and students. The pages show stacked cornices, entablatures, and column capitals with carved mouldings, egg-and-dart bands, dentils, and scrolled volutes rendered in fine hatched line. A designer could take ready-made classical profiles and ornamental bands for borders, title pages, or typographic rules.
