Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ....................................Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ....................................Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Bead-and-reel
Also called Astragal (pron. AS tra gal)
A semiround convex molding decorated with a pattern of disks alternating with round or elongated beads
Bead molding: AKA pearl molding.
Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second EmpireFurniture: also used in furniture
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Left illustration above: Courier Express Building
- Right illustration above: Albright-Knox Art Gallery - The bead-and-reel is added decoration on an Ionic volute. Note also the egg-and-dart and anthemion
- One Niagara Square
- Williams-Butler House / Jacobs Executive Development Center
- Williams-Pratt House
- Ellicott Square Building
- Market Arcade
- Otto Building (Theater Place)
- 40 North St.
- Ellicott Square Building
- Buffalo Museum of Science
- Eastlake version: The Granite Works, 844 Main Street
Other examples:
