Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary

Running ornament
Also known as running mold

Any molding ornament in which the design is continuous in intertwined or or flowing lines, as in foliage, meanders, etc.

Examples of running molds:

• Anthemion
  
  
• Fret
  
  
• Guilloche
  
  
• Vitruvian scroll
  
  
• Meander: consists of a fret design with many involved turnings and an intricate variety of designs

---

Examples from Buffalo:

• Illustration above: George N. Pierce Mausoleum (Fret)
  
  
• Title Guarantee Building (Foliated)
  
  
• 674 Main Street (Wave scroll)
  
  
• Ellicott Square Building (Wave scroll)
  
  
• Knox House (Wave scroll)
  
  
• AM&A's (Guilloche)
  
  
• Louis Engle, Jr. Building / Ira G. Ross Eye Institute

Other examples:

• Furniture: Frieze, Empire side table - Winterthur Museum
  
  
• Schwarzenberg Palace, Prague, Czech Republic