gadrooning

gadrooning
ga·droon·ing

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  • Gadrooning — is a decorative motif consisting of convex curves in a series. In furniture and other interior accessories, the term applies to an ornamental carved band of tapered, curving and alternating concave and convex sections, usually diverging obliquely …   Wikipedia

  • gadrooning — noun see gadroon …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gadrooning — /geuh drooh ning/, n. ornamentation with gadroons. [1880 85; GADROON + ING1] * * * …   Universalium

  • gadrooning — noun see gadroon I …   Useful english dictionary

  • go|droon|ing — «guh DROO nihng», noun. = gadrooning. (Cf. ↑gadrooning) …   Useful english dictionary

  • gadroon — noun Etymology: French godron round plait, gadroon Date: circa 1724 1. the ornamental notching or carving of a rounded molding 2. a short often oval fluting or reeding used in decoration • gadroon transitive verb • gadrooning noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Molding (decorative) — For other uses, see Molding (disambiguation). Cavetto molding and resulting shadow pattern Ovolo molding and resulting shadow pattern …   Wikipedia

  • Glossary of architecture — This page is a glossary of architecture. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z …   Wikipedia

  • Warkentin House — Infobox nrhp | name =Warkentin House nrhp type = caption = Warkentin House location= Newton, KS lat degrees = 38 | lat minutes = 2 | lat seconds = 35.97 | lat direction = N long degrees = 97 | long minutes = 20 | long seconds = 23.03 | long… …   Wikipedia

  • fluting and reeding — ▪ architecture also called  gadrooning        in architectural decoration, surfaces worked into a regular series of (vertical) concave grooves or convex ridges, frequently used on columns. In Classical architecture fluting and reeding are used in …   Universalium

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