Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ................. Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ................. Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Ancone (Ancon)
Alternate names: Console, S scroll, Scroll
ArchitectureA decorative bracket in the form of a vertical scroll that supports a cornice or entablature over a door or window
Greek: "ancone" - elbow or hollow
Often decorated with one or more acanthus leaves
Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire
An ancone is a type of corbel
S scroll can also refer to an "S" curved design.
Furniture: console
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: Forest Lawn Cemetery Main Street Entrance Gate Keystone
- Spaulding Building Corbel
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery Corbel
- Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum
- Root Building Corbel
- General Electric Building / Electric Tower Interior corbel
- Marine Trust Company Building Keystone
- Sattler Theatre Corbel
- Thomas J. McKinney House Buttress
- Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum - Interior corbel
- 143 Linwood Avenue - Interior corbel
Other examples:
