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

Spandrel / Spandril

Architecture

1. The approximtely triangular shape between the curve of an arch and the rectangular frame above it

2. The approximtely triangular shape between two arches and the horizontal line that runs above them

See also:spandrel panel

Found in Art Deco, Beaux Arts Classical Revival, Georgian Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Tudor Revival styles

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Furniture

A curved, triangular or shaped bracket fitted into an otherwise open corner.

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Ellicott Square Building (Definition #1)
  
  
• Hotel Touraine (Definition #1)
  
  
• Saturn Club (Definition #1)
  
  
• Fireplace: Saturn Club (Definition #1)
  
  
• St. Francis de Sales RC Church (Definition #2)
  
  
• St. Gerard's RC Church (Definition #2
  
  
• Furniture: Knox House / Blessed Sacrament RC Church Parish Office

Other examples:

• Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy
  
  
• Carnegie Hall, New York City (Definition #1)
  
  
• Albright Memorial Library, Scranton, Pa. (Definition #1)
  
  
• Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Hydra, Greece (Definition #2)
  
  
• 15 Ulica Kanonicza, Cracow (Krakow), Poland (Definition #1)
  
  
• Schwarzenberg Palace, Prague, Czech Republic (Definition #1)
  
  
• Synagogue of Santa Maria La Blanca, Toledo, Spain

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