Modern Catalog, reproduced from the original trade sample advertisement.

Company/Creator: 

    Jacobson and Company, Manufacturing -- New York City, New York

Catalogue Title:

        1895 Catalogue of Composition Ornaments : Architectural and Decorative Ornaments for Exterior and Interior Application : Ligneoid Compo, Papier Mache, Carton Pierre and Plaster : Suitable for all kinds of housetrim, capitals, pilasters, mantels, furniture, mirrors, cabinets, frieze, ceiling and wall decorations.   

Details about this publication:

      Replica of the original 1908 trade samples catalog of finely designed, ready to order decorative architectural elements for homes, buildings.
           -- 48 pages, including covers, in very good, like new condition.  Glossy, flex covers, with cloth binding.  
           -- Replica/reprint published by Portable Trunk Publishers. (undated, modern edition)  2012.

A delightful look at architectural elements used in the industrial age, relief sculptural building designs, building ornamentation, portals, finials, decorative tiles, moldings used in construction both interior and exterior refinements. Shows sales / trade samples, options, styles used in 1895 architecture.

Ideal catalog for collectors, architects, artists, collectors, and antique dealers in finely made plaster refinements and decorative pieces.

Paper, soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, flex covers, cloth bound, a sturdy book with typical slight wear to edges and spine from being moved around the shop, stored flat. Overall wonderful copy, informative resource. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you. 

About the company:  

Gustave Jacobson, the founder of our Company, worked for his parents in their small picture framing business which he renamed Jacobson & Company on March 5, 1889. While this new Company first operated as a plain plastering contractor, it quickly ascended to ornamental and decorative plastering with over eighty shop craftsman employed in its heyday.

Our installations in that period included the Pompeian Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (today it serves as a cafeteria), the Cloisters in Upper Manhattan, the Presidential Palace in Cuba, and many large theaters around the world. The Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, as well as the grand residences in Newport, R.I., are included in the list of homes in which Jacobson plaster ornamentation was applied.

The Company did work for many of the leading architects of that period, such as McKim, Meade and White, John Russel Pope, and James Gamble Rodgers. During the first three decades of the twentieth century, Jacobson produced two hard cover catalogs from which ornamentation was ordered and shipped around the world. Jacobson-made ornamentation was exported to South America and Japan, where the Company was represented by W.R. Grace & Company and Matsui Company, respectively.

The company continued applying ornamental and straight plastering up to 1940, when ornamental design went out of style. In 1932, Gustave's son, Victor Jacobson, anticipating the changing architectural styles, entered into and became a pioneer in the architectural acoustics field as a distributor for a leading manufacturer of acoustical ceiling materials.

     -- Source: Jacobson & Company, Inc. --

Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, flex covers, bound, a sturdy book with typical slight wear to edges and spine from being moved around the shop, stored flat. Overall wonderful copy, informative resource. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you.    Stored flat.

Firmly readable, ideal for reference and collecting.   Very nice.    Clean Text.  Very Good condition.  Text is in English. 
            Reproduced directly from the original. Modern, undated replica.    -- Facsimile edition

-- Defects: General wear from being moved around the shop.  Otherwise none found.  
                  ** With any trade catalogs, some of the text may be small, so it could be a little hard to read, or original paper
                          quality was low. ** Please see our photos, that show the quality of the pages.

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