Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Cove
KOHV
A concave molding,
Coving / cove ceiling / coved ceiling: A curved suface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall
Coved vault / cloistered arch / clositered vault - A vault comp[osed of four quarter-cylindrical surfaces or coves, meeting in verticl diagonal planes
Cavetto: coved molding. Example: Egyptian cornice
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: Charles W. Goodyear House / Oracle School
- Williams-Butler House
- Hotel Lafayette
Other examples:
