Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ................. Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary

Ancone (Ancon)
Alternate names: Console, S scroll, Scroll

Erectheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Architecture

A 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:

Other examples:


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