Word: corselet
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...wood-carving, has modelled bronze sculptural designs symbolizing Peace and War. The models, which are to be gilded, are in pyramidal form. One War model will surmount the two posts at either end of the bridge. The attributes in the composition of the War group are a Roman corselet, from an original in one of the museums in Europe decorated with martial objects in low relief; a sword and helmet, shields, Roman faces, spears, etc., and a miniature fortress, with an American eagle, grasping a thunderbolt in his talons, surmounting the whole. The Peace design is composed of appropriate objects...