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

Cinquefoil
SINGK foil, SANGK foil

Architecture

A five-lobed circle or arch formed by cusping

In French, "foil" means "leaf." The number of foils involved is indicated by a prefix, e.g. trefoil, quatrefoil, sexfoil, multifoil

Used in windows and arches

Found in Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival styles

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Furniture

Found also on furniture

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Illustration above: Miller House
  
  
• Spencer Kellogg Jr. House
  
  
• Clement House/Red Cross
  
  
• St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
  
  
• Unitarian Universalist Church
  
  
• Buffalo Seminary

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