Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Chevron

A zigzag molding

A decorative motif (pattern) resembling an inverted V, similar to the stripes worn by noncommissioned officers.

Used by the Egyptians.

French: "chevron" = rafter. Used in Norman architecture, and so called from a pair of rafters, which give this form

Commonly found in Romanesque and Art Deco styles

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Kensington High School
  
  
• Buffalo Psychiatric Center Administration Building
  
  
• Buffalo City Hall
  
  
• Saints Peter & Paul RC Church, Hamburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Walden-Myer Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery
  
  
• St. Joseph's Old Cathedral

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Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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