Linenfold
Alternate name: Parchment panel
Architecture
A carved Gothic ornamental panel treatment made to resemble folded linen, probably originally after the folded napkin on the chalice in the Catholic ritual.
Linenfold - Panelling ornamented with a conventional representation of a piece of linen laid in vertical folds. One such piece fills one panel.
Lintel - A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
Listel - See Fillet.
linenfold
decorative motif in the form of a folded piece of linen cloth. usually carved in low relief.
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Sometimes used with linenfold panelling.Parclose screenA screen separating a chapel from the rest of the church.Pargeting(lit. plastering): Exterior plaster decoration, either moulded in relief or incised.
LINENFOLD PANELLING: wooden panelling in which each panel is given a conventional representation of a piece of linen laid over it. LINTEL: a flat slab of stone across the top of a doorway.
The panel itself can be flat or fielded ie with the greater part of it projecting beyond the framing.
Sometimes the surface of a panel can be decorated as in "linenfold" where, as the name suggests, the decoration is based on folded linen.
 See also: Ornament, Plaster, Spring, Church, Liernes
  
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