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

Scoop pattern

Architecture
Scoop pattern concave molding

Furniture

Popular term for a band or other disposition of fluted ornament, gouged in the wood, the flute having a rounded top and, sometimes, base.

A motif of Renaissance origin, its use was widespread.

Fluting: Shallow vertical grooves on the shaft of a column

Gougework: A kind of gouged or notched carving (with a rounded chisel).


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