Catalog no. 20
A 1904 trade catalogue issued by the Frank W. Williams Co. of Chicago, Illinois, offering picture frames and moldings to framers and retail buyers. The pictures are plain engraved and halftone views of ornate carved frames with empty centers, shown straight-on and in cross-section, with prices printed beside a numbered profile. A designer could take the scrolling leaf and acanthus borders, the layered rectangular profiles, and the lattice corner details as period ornament patterns.
