ABSTRACT
Figure 16.9(b) : As with plinth blocks, cornices are not found in modern buildings. They were at one time used as an alternative to the mitred corners of a doorway, especially on higher class work where hardwood linings, architraves and skirting, etc. were being used. The cornice block, usually slightly thicker than the architrave, was often carved or routered out in a decorative way. The leg and head architraves were simply butted up squarely to it. The design of architraves used on jobs involving cornices were often, as illustrated in Figure 16.10 , either fl uted, or reeded.
