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Egg-and-Dart Also called egg-and-anchor or egg-and-tongue, this
is a finish decoration for cornices, ovolos, fireplace mantels, and
other Classical elements. The first egg -and-dart can be seen in the
Acropolis in Athens (500 B.C.). |
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London
- England
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London
- England
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Detail
of Frieze - Palatine - Rome - Italy
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Siena
- Italy
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Hagia
Sophia - Istanbul - Turkey (400)
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Renaissance
Palace - Granada - Spain (15th c.)
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Geneva
- Switzerland (19th c.)
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Palladio
- Palazzo Barbaran da Porto - Vicenza - Italy (16th c.)
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