Astragal vs Ovolo - What's the difference?
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A molding for edging or decorating furniture.
A molding attached to double doors to prevent drafts.
The bone in the ankle connecting to the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
(architecture) A classical convex moulding carved with an (egg-and-dart) ornament.
* 2001 , Adolfo J. DomÃnguez, Carmen Sánchez, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (editor), Greek Pottery from the Iberian Peninsula: Archaic and Classical Periods ,
* 2005 , Robert Chitham, The Classical Orders Of Architecture , 2nd Edition,
* 2008 , Roy Underhill, Eleanor Underhill, The Woodwright?s Guide: Working Wood With Wedge and Edge ,
As nouns the difference between astragal and ovolo
is that astragal is a molding for edging or decorating furniture while ovolo is a classical convex moulding carved with an egg-and-dart ornament.astragal
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(astragal) (en noun)Synonyms
*(bone ): ankleboneovolo
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(wikipedia ovolo)Alternative forms
* ovuloNoun
(en noun)page 196,
- Decoration inside: six linked palmettes with 9 petals around a band of ovolos' between incised lines, surrounded by 13 palmettes linked around a band of ' ovolos .
page 76,
- Each of the pairs is connected by a kind of web, and each pair stands clear of the ovolo' and ''astragal'' mouldings which form a kind of extension to the column shaft and complete the essential construction of the capital. ' Ovolo and astragal are enriched with egg and dart and bead and reel respectively, the setting out related to a fluting pattern of twenty-four flutes to the column shaft circumference, as shown on the plan.
page 112,
- Using a template or a good eye to guide the paring chisel, slice off the corners of the tenon ovolos at 45 degrees.