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

Cornice
KOR niss
Also called crown molding


Architecture

1. Any crowning projection

2. In classical architecture, the third or uppermost division of an entablature, resting on the frieze. (Includes dentil molding where present)

Raking cornice: A cornice following the slope (the angled sides) of a gable, pediment or roof

Modillion cornice: A cornice supported by a series of modillions, often found in Composite and Corinthian orders.

Bracketed cornice: term used especially when the brackets are not modillions

Dentils may be present as part of the cornice

See also: entablature which includes the cornice above the frieze

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; also Italianate

Furniture

The projecting member, usually molded and/or shaped, at the top of a bookcase, cabinet or tallboy, or above the tester of a bed.

Examples from Buffalo area architecture: (Definition #1)

Other examples:

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