| Distilling Nature in Ornament
Turncraft Ornamental Capitals artfully capture natural themes and images in an aesthetic
composite sculpture. For example, the volute scrolls of the Ionic, Erectheum, Scamozzi,
and Empire imitate the helix cross-section found in the Nautilus shell. The Acanthus
leaves on the Temple of Winds and Corinthian Capitals echo the flowering crown of a tree.
These capitals are crafted from a number of materials including wood, plaster, and fibers
and are shaped into the appropriate proportions for the various styles of architecture and
sizes of column shafts.
They are coated with boiled linseed oil and
turpentine as a temporary protector until they can be primed and coated with at least two
coats of oil-base paint on the inside and outside. (If capitals are allowed to gather
moisture before painting, peeling is likely to occur and further coating will be futile.)
Ornamental Capitals are shipped with a load-bearing plug which must bear the weight of any
load on the column.
All Ornamental Capitals ship FOB Factory.
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