Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............................ Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Spandrel / Spandril
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Dynasty Table - Shanghai Museum (Furniture) |
Architecture
1. The approximately triangular shape between the curve of an arch and the rectangular frame above it
2. The approximately triangular shape between two arches and the horizontal line that runs above them
3. The space between the shoulders of adjoining arches and the ceiling or molding above.
See also: spandrel panel
Found in Art Deco, Beaux Arts Classical Revival, Georgian Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Tudor Revival styles
FurnitureA curved, triangular or shaped bracket fitted into an otherwise open corner; a triangular piece spanning the space between a vertical support and a horizontal piece or rail
Examples from Buffalo:
- Ellicott Square Building (Definition #1)
- Hotel Touraine (Definition #1)
- Saturn Club (Definition #1)
- Central Park United Methodist Church (Definition #1)
- Fireplace: Saturn Club (Definition #1)
- St. Francis de Sales RC Church (Definition #2)
- St. Gerard's RC Church (Definition #2)
- McCann House (Definition #1)
- Furniture: Knox House / Blessed Sacrament RC Church Parish Office
Other examples:
- Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy
- Carnegie Hall, New York City (Definition #1)
- Albright Memorial Library, Scranton, Pa. (Definition #1)
- Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Hydra, Greece (Definition #2)
- 15 Ulica Kanonicza, Cracow (Krakow), Poland (Definition #1)
- Schwarzenberg Palace, Prague, Czech Republic (Definition #1)
- Synagogue of Santa Maria La Blanca, Toledo, Spain
- Furniture: Ming Dynasty Table - Shanghai Museum
