N. B. Basset and Co. gilders and manufacturers of ornamental hardwood imitation and lacquered guilt moldings and picture frames / N. B. Basset and Co.
A trade catalogue of ornamental moldings and picture frames issued by N. B. Bassett and Company of Chicago, Illinois, in 1886, aimed at framemakers and dealers who ordered profiles by number. The four pictures show cross-section profiles of cornice-like moldings rendered as shaded wood-engraved solids, with carved, beaded and fluted surfaces and one profile labelled 765, offering a designer ready-made architectural section shapes for borders and frame edges.
