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Acanthus Photos #2: Artistic

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A garden planter featuring an acanthus leaf.	Repeating acanthus pattern wallpaper.

Acanthus artwork.	More acanthus artwork.

An acanthus leaf made out of gold.	A decorative wall hanging in bronze. By Walter S. Arnold of StoneCarver.com.

An acanthus-inpired clock.	This guitar cover is enhanced by the acanthus patterns. By Jeff Mosby of Mosby Guitars.

Slightly whimsical and very beautiful carving pattern. By Laura S. Irish of CarvingPatterns.com.	The detail on this plate is superb, and the blue acanthus design is delightful.

A pillow embroidered with a repeating acanthus design. A William Morris design by Beth Russell of Designers Forum.	Acanthus patterns even appear on silver belt buckles. By G. Phil Poirier of Poirier Studio.

This woodcarving of an acanthus leaf is incredibly realistic and extremely beautiful. By David Reilly published in Woodworking at Home.	This two-color tile captures the curves and distinctive shapes of an acanthus leaf in a fairly simple design.

Uganda issued a postage stamp honoring the acanthus. From Pierre Guertin's Philatelic Herbarium.	A fancy letter "W" with acanthus leaves showing behind.

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The first photo on this page was taken by Dave Murray of Acanthus Technology, Inc. and is copyright © 2005. All rights are reserved. Unless you receive prior written permission, you may not use the photo in any manner or link directly to them for display on another site.

Please note: Many of the other photos were gathered from the Internet when we were researching our company name. We no longer remember the exact web sites where we found many of the photos. Wheverver possible, we have given credit and included a link. We will be happy to give credit to the original source of every photo if we can determine it. If you are the original source and would like credit, or if you would like the photo removed, or if you have other items you would like us to consider adding to this collection, please contact us at our Sacramento, CA office. Thank you!