Greene & Greene Frame
Details shaped by hand and eye defi ne
the style.
I
t ’s eas y to get caught in the trap of design by formula. But if ar t were
simply a matter of ratios, a paint-by-number Mona Lisa would be
just as good as the one hanging in the Louvre Museum. The curves and
lifts that exemplify the work of Charles and Henry Greene are a good
example of this.
I made this frame for a class to show how to lay out and shape typi-
cal details. The term "typical," however, doesn’t really apply to Greene
& Greene; each house and the furniture within share elements, but
subtle dif ferences separate them from one another. Within the s t yle
are variations.
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