Sketches at South Riverside Museum

Architectural sketches by Arnold William Brunner documenting ornamental details and vessel forms. The page combines technical line drawings of decorative moldings and capitals with profile studies and studies of pottery vessels. Brunner's notation identifies specific objects and locations within the museum collection. These working sketches represent the architect's method of recording and analyzing historical design elements—a practice central to late nineteenth-century architectural training and the preservation of architectural precedent. The loose, observational style and varied scale of studies reflect the sketchbook as a site of direct visual research rather than finished presentation.