单词 | gadroon |
释义 | gadroonn. A decorative pattern consisting of a series of convex curves or arcs joined or overlapping at the ends, often used in the ornamentation of gold and silver plate, or as a border in architecture, ceramics, etc. Also in singular: an individual curve or arc in such a pattern.Sometimes compared or contrasted with fluting (fluting n. 3). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > curves or spirals oundingc1390 bendc1535 wrall1540 tirl1597 scroll1611 gadroon1694 scroll-work1739 queen's pattern1769 rinceau1773 cartouchea1776 curlicue1844 wave1845 scrollage1847 ogee1851 rope border1855 gadrooning1856 rope-work1866 vermiculation1866 ringing1885 scrollery1892 twirligig1902 C-scroll1904 trumpet spiral1936 trumpet pattern1937 koru1938 1694 C. Wren Acct. Sept. in Wren Soc. (1937) 14 137 For fluting..face of ye great Pillasters with Gadrons. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata iii. 86 As many Flour de Lyes in a Compartment of eight Goderoons. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 125 Gaudrons of the Ball [Fr. Gaudrons de la Poire]. 1783 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 29 Nov. At the bottom of the body is a thread and twist not unlike a gadroon. 1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte Handbk. Arts Middle Ages & Renaissance p. xxvii Cruet, rock crystal... Of ovoid form, cut in gadroons. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 219/1 Gadroon. A term employed in dressmaking and millinery, borrowed from architecture, denoting a kind of inverted fluting or beading. Plaits of a similar form are made on caps and cuffs, as composing a decorative style of trimming. 1908 H. N. Veitch Sheffield Plate xix. 224 The edge of the silver gadroon being brought up so as just to cover the copper. 1933 Country Life 15 Apr. 386/2 The base with a border of false gadroons. 2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. f28 He would carve several hundred of these delicate gadroons to replicate the Museum of Modern Art frame in which nestles van Gogh's ‘Starry Night.’ Compounds General attributive and instrumental, as gadroon border, gadroon pattern, etc. ΚΠ 1697 London Gaz. No. 3282/4 Lost..a Gooderoon Candlestick, weighing about 8 Ounces. 1753 London Daily Advertiser 8 Mar. Three dozen of very good Gadroon Plates. 1768 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 154 500 foot of Gooderoun Gilt moulding at 9 pr £18.15.0. 1827 Derby Mercury 26 Sept. Table Service of Gadroon pattern. 1878 M. E. Braddon Open Verdict xxxviii. 261 A monster salver..with massive gadroon edges. 1914 R. L. Hobson & E. S. Morse Chinese, Corean & Japanese Potteries 103 On the sides is a bold foliage scroll: gadroon borders on shoulder and at the base. 1931 Times 22 Oct. 9/3 A three-piece tea set in a modern design, fluted with a gadroon mount. 2017 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Homes and Condos section) f2 The sheetembossed brass was in common use during the early 1870s, as was the gadroon-framed sunburst design seen here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1694 |
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