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PARK A N I) C E METER Y. 
DISTINCTIVE TYI'E OF ARCHITECTI^RAD TABLET. 
Work of Kimball Brothers, Lincoln, Neb. 
TABLET WITH .=:yMBOLIC SCL'LPTURED DECORATION. 
Executed by Chas. G. Blake ..t Co., Chicaeo. 
simple massive work, however, the con- 
ventional sarcophagus still retains quite an 
'important place. It is being executed in a 
simpler, more massive and better decorated 
form and is still one of our distinguished 
monumental types. The influence of the 
old Colonial stones is also distinctly notice- 
able in some of our smaller tablets. It 
is often possible to make really beauti- 
ful and distinguished small monuments 
from Colonial gravestones. The exedra 
, type continues to lie a most popular and 
most useful architectural form for the 
larger and more e.xpensi\e memorials. 
Xew architectural variations of this gen- 
eral style are constanth' lieitig developed 
for cemetery use and some of our most 
distinguished types of large memorials 
are derived from the general lines of 
the exedra as it was first developed in our 
public memorials. 
One of the most beautiful and imposing 
specimens oi cemetery architecture that has 
ever been produced from the general ex- 
edra type is seen in the beautiful “Fyler" 
memorial, illustrated as the title piece for 
this article. This partakes somewhat of 
the nature of the exedra, wall and screen 
forms of monumental architecture, and yet 
is a distinctly original development and 
could not be directly classified under any 
of the above mentioned types. The wall, 
or sides, of this structure are made up of 
pairs of beautifully wrought little col- 
umns supporting an entablature, and all 
beautifully designed in Renaissance style 
and treated with Renaissance decoration 
throughout. The central tablet bears a 
cross in low relief, in front of which are 
also relieved two beautiful symbolic figures 
representing the flight of the soul. It is 
a work of rare cemetery architecture — 
original in design and faultless in execu- 
tion. It stands in Torrington, Conn., and 
was erected by the Harrison Granite Co., 
of Xew \ ork City. It is in Barre granite. 
28 feet wide and is 11 feet high, and was 
cut in the plant of the Harrison Granite 
Co. at Barre, 
One of the finest examples of modern 
cross developed from the "English" style 
is the "Lewis" memorial, the work of 
the \\'. I'. Cook Granite Co,, of Spring- 
lield, MaS'. Xo effort has been made 
to reproduce the Celtic, but a distinctly 
original treatment has been used. The oak 
leaf decoration in the arms and head of 
the cross was specified by the purchaser, 
and the designer has adapted it to its un- 
usual situation with rare success. In the 
general design of the cross, the nimbus 
has been formed by striking the four arcs 
of the circle from the angle of intersection 
of the arms, an old design tradition that 
has here produced a work of just propor- 
tions and graceful contour. Another not- 
able effect secured in this work is the 
strong character given to the shaft and 
f'ase by the "antique" or rough finish. This 
cross was cut in "Niantic pink" granite b;>' 
