Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Chevron / Zigzag

A zigzag molding

Chevron: A decorative motif (pattern) resembling an inverted V, similar to the stripes worn by noncommissioned officers.

Zigzag molding: An ornamental molding running of continued chevrons

Used by the Egyptians.

French: "chevron" = rafter. Used in Norman architecture, and so called from a pair of rafters, which give this form

Commonly found in Romanesque and Art Deco styles

Norman style illustration: A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method, by Sir Banister-Fletcher, New York, 1950 

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above:Buffalo Psychiatric Center Administration Building
  
  
• Kensington High School
  
  
• Buffalo City Hall
  
  
• Saints Peter & Paul RC Church, Hamburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Walden-Myer Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery
  
  
• St. Joseph's RC Cathedral

• Trinity United Methodist Church, Grand Island   Stained glass shape