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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 3053621, member: 5066&quot;]LOL, NO! Sorry ladies, No dolls , Paul DOLL Jr. you know, the odd duck who lived just west of Asheville in the Smoky Mountains.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, it&#039;s called &quot;Tracery&quot; carving, very distinctive carving no doubt. Very popular in the Gothic Period (12th -15th centuries), you see it in architectural buildings as well, particularly churches, all over Europe.</p><p>&quot;Wood carving is one of the oldest arts of humankind. Towards the end of the gothic period, wood-carving reached its culminating point. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir_stall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir_stall" rel="nofollow">choir stalls</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood_screen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood_screen" rel="nofollow">rood-screens</a>, roofs, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retable" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retable" rel="nofollow">retables</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_in_the_Middle_Ages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_in_the_Middle_Ages" rel="nofollow">England</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_Middle_Ages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_Middle_Ages" rel="nofollow">France</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples" rel="nofollow">Teutonic</a> countries of Europe, have in execution, balance and proportion, never at any time been approached. In small designs, in detail, in minuteness, in mechanical accuracy, the carver of this time has had his rivals, but for greatness of architectural conception, for a just appreciation of decorative treatment, the designer of the 15th century stands alone.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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