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Illustrated Architecture Dictionary .............................
Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Corbel
KOR bl, kor BELL
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Architecture1. A projecting bracket of stone, brick, etc., which supports a cornice, arch, or oriel
2. An overlapping arrangement of bricks or stones in which each course extends farther out from the vertical of the wall than the course below. Usually supports a cornice or overhanging member.
French: "corbel" = a raven; hence, a beak-like projectionFound in almost all styles of architecture
An ancone is a type of corbel
See also Corbel table
FurnitureThe corbel was adapted for use in interiors and on furniture, and was popular in Renaissance designs.
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Left - Illustration above: Hotel Touraine (Definition #1)
- The Schoellkopf-Vom Berge Manor (Definition #1)
- Granger House-Example #1 (Definition #1)
- Granger House -Example #2 (Definition #1)
- 409 Linwood Ave. - Example #1 (Definition #1)
- 409 Linwood Ave. - Example #2 (Definition #1)
- Robert B. Adam House (Definition #1)
- Eberhardt House (Definition #1)
- Central Presbyterian Church (Definition #1)
- H.H. Little House (Definition #1 - supports oriel)
- 33 Days Park (Definition #1 - supports oriel)
- Miller Mansion (Definition #1 - supports oriel)
- Stephen M. Clement House/Red Cross (Definition #1- supports oriel)
- The Midway, 475 Delaware Ave (Definition #1- supports balconet)
- Right - Illustration above: Connecticut Street Armory
- 696 Seneca Street (Definition #2)
- 384 Broadway (Definition #2)
- 321 Ellicott St. (Definition #2)
- 170 Park Street (Definition #2)
- 186 North Street (Definition #2)
- Old Editions Book Shop and Café (Definition #2)
- Mount St. Joseph's School (Definitions #1 and #2)
Other examples:
- Loggia della Signoria, Florence, Italy
- Ariana Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass, Geneva, Switzerland (Definition #1)
- 102 Main Street, Albion, NY (Definition #2)
- Furniture: Italian Renaissance chest - Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester