Egg-and-dart
Egg-and-dart, also known as egg-and-tongue, egg-and-anchor, or egg-and-star,). The device is carved or otherwise fashioned into ovolos composed of wood, stone, plaster, or other materials.
Egg-and-dart enrichment of the
Edwardian period, which began with the death of Queen Victoria
in 1901.
Gallery
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The ornament is used to decorate building exteriors and for interior stuccos -
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Archaeological site in Ostia Antica -
Architectural fragment with egg-and-dart moulding inAntalya (Turkey) -
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Egg-and-dart motifs (on right) from Meyer's Ornament
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See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-394-50931-5.
- ^ Shoe, Lucy T. (1936) Profiles of Greek Mouldings,[full citation needed] and Shoe, Lucy T. (1950) "Greek Mouldings of Kos and Rhodes", Hesperia 19 (4, October-December): 338-369.
- ^ Regan, Raina (February 21, 2012). "Building Language: Egg-and-dart". Historic Indianapolis. historicindianapolis.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Egg-and-dart". Buffalo as an Architectural Museum. buffaloah.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
Further reading
- Lewis, Philippa; Darley, G. (1986). Dictionary of Ornament. New York: Pantheon. p. 116. ISBN 0-394-50931-5.
External links
Media related to Egg and dart at Wikimedia Commons
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