Ornaments
^ Summerson, John (1941) printed in Heavenly Mansions 1963, p. 217
^ ibid, quoted by Summerson
^ Second Republic Exposition ...
Running ornament
Also known as running mold
Any molding ornament in which the design is continuous in intertwined or or flowing lines, as in foliage, meanders, etc.
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Ornament
acanthus - a plant found on the shores of the Mediterranean and particularly admired by the Greeks and Romans for the elegance of its leaves. Found on many classical designs such as the Corinthian and Composite columns.
architectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance
antefix - carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles ...
The vaulting, two-story gallery was lavishly decorated with door ornaments and carvings. The floors and walls were faced with colored marble. Low Ionian pillars supported reading tables.
ornamental plasterwork - Decorative carved or molded plasterwork
ornaments - Details added to a structure solely for decoration
Palladian window - A window with a central arch and two sidelights ...
ornamentalist decorator, one who decorates using ornament; a title given to an advocate or collector of ornament, i.e. Owen Jones, Christopher Dresser, Tony Duquette...
Ornament
Is a form of surface decoration; something that decorates, adorns, or embellishes. Ornamentation is the class of things that are ornamental.
Ornament in the Early English period of Gothic, consisting of a series of small pyramids formed by four stylized canine teeth meeting at a point.Doocot(Scots): Dovecote.
ornamental parapet of posts and railings
Barbican
outwork defending the entrance to a castle.
ornamental shingles that when overlapped form diamonds.
diaper
A pattern formed by small, repeated geometrical motifs set adjacent to one another, used to decorate stone surfaces in architecture and as a background to illuminations in manuscripts, ...
Ornamental tracery in the form of a five petaled flower.
CLERESTRY
The upper storey walls of the nave of a church, pierced by high windows.
Ornamental work, representing flowers etc.
Doom
Painting of the Last Judgement often depicted on mediaeval walls, usually over the chancel arch.
Ornamental top to a gable or canopy, often in the form of crosses on church roofs.
Fleuron.
A decorativecarved flower or leaf, often (usually) rectiliniar.
Ornamental coating of gold leaf or gold dust. Also known as gilding.
Bun foot
A furniture support that resembles a slightly flattened ball or sphere. Commonly used in William and Mary case furniture.
An ornament used in classical architecture formed by two or more bands twisted together in a continuous series. The openings between the bands can be filled with ornaments.
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Norman Archway - 12th c ...
an ornament in the form of a spiral, e.g. in the Ionic capital.
Wainscot
wood panelling. Oak imported for this purpose from the Baltic was also so called.
An ornamental arrangement of intersecting ribwork, usually in the upper part of a Gothic window, forming a pierced pattern.
Tray Ceiling ...
an ornamental "four-leaf clover" shape -i.e., with four lobes radiating from a common center.
Radiating chapels
chapels placed around the ambulatory (and sometimes the transepts) of a medieval church.
CORBEL
Ornamental bracket that supports a beam or other element.
CORBELLING
Masonry course that steps out farther than the one below.
Tracery
Ornament of ribs, bars, etc., in panels or screens, as in the upper part of a Gothic window.
Transept
A structure that forms the arms of a cross-shaped church.
Console
- ornamental scrolled bracket, normally in stone or timber, usually supporting a projecting lintel, fascia etc.
Tracery : Ornamental stonework consisting of patterned bars; used most often within windows to support the weight of glass. When utilized in this way, such work is more specifically known as Bar Tracery, for its use of thin, decorative bars of stone.
CORNICE - Ornamental moulded projection around the top of a building or around the wall of a room just below the ceiling.
COVING - Curved junction between wall and ceiling or (rarely) between ceiling and floors.
TURRET an ornamental tower projecting from a larger structure
VERANDAHcovered porch
VERGEBOARDSdecorative trim along gable ends of a roof or dormer. Sometimes called "bargeboards".
Finial: An ornamental capping placed on the top of spires
Flying Buttress: The Flying Buttress was an innovative feature of Medieval Gothic architecture.
Branching, ornamental stonework, generally in a window, where it supports the glass; particularly characteristic of Gothic architecture.
crocket An ornamental foliate form placed at regularly spaced intervals on the slopes and edges of the spires, pinnacles, gables, and similar elements of Gothic buildings.
cupola A small dome on a base crowning a roof.
BOSS An ornament projecting from the intersection of a vault ‘s ribs.
BUTTRESS A vertical projection, usually of stone or brick, that is applied to a wall to stabilize the forces exerted outwards by a vault or an arch.
finial - an ornament, often urn-shaped, used to decorate the top of a spire, gable, or pinnacle
frieze - an ornamental horizontal band or strip in a wall ...
Molding: An ornamental exterior trim around the perimeter of a frame.
Mortise: A slot or rectangular cavity cut into a piece of wood to receive another part.
tracery - ornamental stonework most often seen supporting window glass in the form of trifoils and cinquefoils. Sometimes used merely as decoration on panels and moldings and then called 'blind' tracery.
Guldasta
An ornamental pinnacle in the shape of flowers.
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Finial - Ornamental timber section added to the highest point of barge boards or hanging from stair newels on landings.
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Flange - A flat plate at the end of a pipe or beam, through which a bolted joint can be made.
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TREFOIL Ornamental tracery in the form of a flower with three symmetrical petals.
TURRET A small, often ornamental tower projecting from a building, usually at a corner.
BRACKETS Ornamental supports, usually of wood or pressed metal, which appear at the cornice line of a building.
Boss - An ornamental knob or projection covering the intersection of ribs in a vault or ceiling; often carved with foliage.
Tracery - Ornamental intersecting stonework used to support the glass.
Transept - The section that crosses the nave, usually separating the nave and the choir.
Lierne
An ornamental vaulting rib that joins two other ribs into a net-like pattern but has no structural function.
Necking - Ornament at the top of a column, bottom of the capital.
Newel - Center post of spiral staircase.
Nookshaft - Shaft set in angle of jamb or pier.
Baldachin: ornamental canopy covering statues (fig.3, F).
Balustrade: A railing with symmetrical supports.
tabernacle: An ornamental structure, usually done in stone, which contains the Sacrament ...
Fretwork -- Ornamental woodwork, cut into a pattern, often elaborate.
Frieze Board -- A flat board at the top of a wall directly beneath the cornice.
Gable -- The triangular section of a wall to carry a pitched roof.
Tracery - Ornamental, intersecting, linear pattern in the upper part of a Gothic window, screen, panel or vault.
Transept - Transverse arms of a cruciform plan church, usually dividing the nave from the chancel.
Tracery - An ornamental configuration of curved mullions in a Gothic sash.
cresting:
an ornamental ridge, as on top of a wall or roof
crockets:
an ornamental device, usually in the form of a cusp or curling leaf placed along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables ...
cartouche - an ornamental panel in the form of a scroll, circle, or oval, often bearing an inscription.
casement - a hinged window frame that opens horizontally like a door.
acanthus: Greek ornament based on acanthus leaves, as used in Corinthian and Composite capitals and other mouldings.
Beak-head: An ornamental motif resembling a bird's head with a prominent beak. It was common in English Romanesque architectural decoration. Belvedere: A raised turret or pavillion.
cinquefoil Ornamental tracery in the form of a flower with five symmetrical petals. clerestory From "clear story." The uppermost level of nave walls, usually containing windows.
gothic general term for a style of architecture and ornament prevalent between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, considered old-fashioned in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, ...
ABACUS: the flat slab on the top of a capital ACROTERIA: statues or ornaments placed at the apex and the ends of pediments ARCH: the spanning of an opening by reasons other than that of a lintel ARCHITRAVE: the lintel extending from one column or ...
arabesque Ornament consisting of garlands of foliage with figures, fancifully interlaced to form graceful curves and painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief.
back yardBack Yard is an American term for a back garden (usually more functional than ornamental). baghBagh is the Persian word for 'garden' baileyA Bailey is the open area of a fortified castle.
PINNACLE (from Lat. pinnaculum, a little feather, pinna; the Gr. 7rmpirytov, diminutive of 7r7puE, wing, is also used in this sense), an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, ...
Built of wood, no ornamentation, small porch in front.
6. Boston, MA. Old North Church, c.1723-1740. Architect: William Price. Boston's second Anglican Church, with Georgian massing and style based on the work of English architect, Christopher Wren.
These house plans generally have asymmetrical exteriors with a combination of ornamental attributes that complete the design. Some of the common characteristics of this design are: âE¢ Stucco and brick exterior.
Often we contemplate, out of sheer affection for the church our mother, these different ornaments both new and old; and when we behold how that wonderful cross of St.
Symmetrical clapboard or brick exterior with little or no ornamentation
Usually three-story design, commonly box-shaped two or more rooms deep, sometimes modified with projecting wings
Low pitched gabled roof or flat roof with a balustrade ...
It often uses flowers as ornamentation and animal or human sculptures around the outside of buildings. Some examples include: the Coliseum and the Temple of Apollo.
Egyptian architecture - Often carved from stone columns.
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