Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
............... Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Acroterion (Acroterium)
ac row TAIR ee on
Plural: Acroteria
Architecture1- Blocks or flat pedestals resting on the apex and on the lowest ends of the pediment to support statues or carved ornaments.
2- The term is sometimes applied to the carved ornament itself, which resembled a stylized palmette.
Greek: "acroterion" - the summit or extremity
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
FurnitureIn English and American 18th-century furniture, the acroteria refers to the end blocks of the pedimented top of a secretary or bookcase, or the central block in a broken pediment which might hold an urn, vase, finial, or other ornament.
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above:25 Lexington Ave.
- Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum
- Market Arcade
- Unity Temple
- Harlow C. Curtiss House
- Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum
- 172 Linwood Ave
- Hook & Ladder No. 12
- Buffalo Savings Bank / Goldome / M& T Bank Branch
- Silverthorne House
- Furniture: Chippendale highboy - Kittinger Furniture Company
- Furniture: Queen Anne highboy - Winterthur Museum
- Furniture: Chippendale Rococo highboy - Winterthur Museum
- Furniture: Tall clock - Private collection, Buffalo, NY
Other examples:
