Lexicon
Moulding

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Mouldings are the contours given to projecting members used to cover joints between materials, these can be very plain or extremely decorative.

Profiled mouldings


fillet

torus

ovolo

cavetto

fascia

cyma recta / ogee

cyma reversa

scotia / trochilus

astragal



quirk bead



return bead



cock bead



sunk bead



chamfer



bevelled



torus



fluted



reeded


Drawings by Frank Gaylard from: Fisher, Roger C. 1992. Visual Lexicon of the South African Dwelling. Cape Town: Unibook. p, 12.

Decorative mouldings


crenellated


dovetail


Greek key


meander


diamond


chevron


egg-and-dart


ball-flower


guilloche


cable


dog tooth


chain


grape-and-leaf


strapwork

Drawings by Frank Gaylard from: Fisher, Roger C. 1992. Visual Lexicon of the South African Dwelling. Cape Town: Unibook. p, 13.