Illustrated
Architecture Dictionary
Basket-handle arch
Also
called basket
arch, elliptical arch, semielliptical arch
A flattened arch designed by joining a quarter circle to each end of a false ellipse
Found in Beaux-Arts, Chateauesque, and Italianate styles
Examples from Buffalo architecture:Other examples:
- Illustration above: Carlton Ladd House
- How House
- Sidney Lake House
- 252 Lexington Avenue
- August Feine House