Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Corbel table
KOR ble - BELL

A plain piece of projecting wall or masonry strip (stringcourse) supported by a range of corbels.

Found in Renaissance, Romanesque Revival styles

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  
  
• Plymouth Methodist Church / Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
  
  
• Buffalo Gas Light Company
  
  
• St. Joseph's RC Cathedral
  
  
• The Granite Works, 854 Main Street

Other examples:

• Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
  
  
• Russian Orthodox Church, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  
• Palazzo dei Duchi di Santo Stefano, Taormina, Sicily - Example #1
  
  
• Palazzo dei Duchi di Santo Stefano, Taormina, Sicily - Example #4

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