Round the top of the building as well as of the towers extends a balustrade of stiff sculpture resembling acanthus leaves.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
The eaves of the pediment are supported by brackets with acanthus leaves.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
It was as early as 1885 that he began; was cartoonist, dyer, tapissier, all, for the experiment, which was a small square of verdure after the manner of the Gothic, curling big acanthus leaves about a softened rose, a mingling of greens of ocean and shady reds.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee