Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ................ Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ................ Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Ear (ed)
Also called Elbow, Lug(ged)
Also called Croset / Crossette
Also called Shoulder
Also called Knee
Architecture
A projection at the corner of an architrave of a door or window; any small projecting member or part of a piece or structure, either decorative or structural
Found especially on doors, windows and chimney pieces
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
FurnitureThe extended parts of the top rail beyond the upright supports of the chair back
Examples from Buffalo:
- Architecture illustration above: 597 Elmwood Avenue
- Furniture illustration above: Pagoda-like ear on Chippendale side chair - Winterthur Museum
- Campanile Apartments
- Knox House
- Market Arcade
- Philip Smith House / College Club House
- Buffalo Catholic Institute Public Library / Church of Scientology Buffalo
- 143 Linwood Avenue Interior
- Furniture: Chippendale side chair - Private collection, Buffalo, NY
- Furniture: Eastlake style chair - Private collection, Buffalo, NY
Other examples:
- Furniture: Mirror ears - Queen Anne Looking Glass with Phoenix, Fairmount Park Cedar Grove House Museum, Philadelphia
- Furniture: Ladder-back chair - Fairmount Park Woodford House, Philadelphia
- Furniture: Queen Anne side chair - Independence Hall, Philadelphia
- Furniture: Queen Anne side chair - Fairmount Park Woodford House, Philadelphia
