Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ........................... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ...........................
Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Guilloche
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Architecture"An ornament formed by two or moire bands twisted over each other in a continuoius eries, leaving curcular openings which are often filled with round ornaments." - Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture. Ed. by Cyril M. Harris. Dover Pub. 1977
Double guilloche: 2 linked patterns
A type of running ornament
Found in ancient Assyrian architecture in Nimroud (Nimrud) near the present-day city of Mosul in Iraq.
Sometimes symbolizes eternity.
Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire
Also found in Andean South American architecture.
FurnitureA decorative motif (pattern) carved in low relief and consisting of two bands intertwined
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: Webb Building
- Buffalo Savings Bank
- Charles W. Goodyear House
- AM&A's
- Williams-Pratt House
- St. Gerard's RC Church
- First Presbyterian Church
- Wendt House
- Clement Brick Museum Double guilloche Brand brick
- Furniture: Seymour H. Knox House / Blessed Sacrament RC Church Parish Office
Other examples:
- Amphora, Museum of Art and History in Geneva, Switzerland
- Pompeii
- CBC, Rue de la Corraterie, Geneva, Switzerland
- Netherlands Institute for War Documentation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Peterhof, St. Petersburg, Russia Double guilloche vase
- Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza Double guilloche
- Furniture: Château de Bourdeilles, France
