Illustrated Architecture Dictionary .................... Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Crest
(Cresting, Crested)
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Illustrated Architecture Dictionary .................... Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Crest
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ArchitectureA decorative top border, frequently perforated, on a screen, roof, or wall
Commonly found on Second Empire style homes, although removed over the years
Metal roof cresting is found in Queen Anne, Second Empire styles
FurnitureThe carved decoration on the top rail of a chair, sofa, or daybed
A crest in the shape of a triangle on the top of a chair can be described as a pediment
"A cresting is defined as an ornamental top piece, usually of a chair. It was firmly attached to the connecting parts of the chair. In the finer pieces the cresting and the front stretchers were both carved, generally in the same design." - Edgar G. Miller, Jr., American Antique Furniture, 1937, Vol. 1, p. 122
On case furniture, the cornice is the equibvalent of a crest on a chair, sofa, or daybed.
Examples from Buffalo:
- Left illustration above: 16 Park Street (perforated)
- Sternberg House (perforated)
- Coatsworth House (perforated)
- Dr. Walter Cary House (perforated)
- Dorsheimer House (perforated)
- 384 Broadway (perforated)
- 160 North Street (perforated)
- Robert B. Adam House (perforated)
- 597 Elmwood Avenue (perforated)
- 186 North Street (perforated)
- Franklin W. Caulkins House (not perforated)
- H. H. Little House (not perforated)
- 440 Porter Ave. (not perforated)
- Furniture: Flemish style chairs - Reprinted from Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, 1928
- Furniture: Eastlake style chair - Private collection
- Furniture: Rococo Revival lady's side chair - American Antique Furniture, Orchard Park, NY
Other examples:
- 186 Montgomery St., Newburgh, NY
- La Maison des Paons, Geveva, Switzerland
- Rue Charles-Galland, Geveva, Switzerland
- St. Denis Abbey, Paris, France
- Pedlar People Sheetmetal Building Material Catalog: Ornamental Shell Cresting, Canada
- Pedlar People Sheetmetal Building Material Catalog: Ornamental Cresting, Canada
