Illustrated Architecture Dictionary............... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary...............
Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Dentil
DEN till
ArchitectureA small rectangular block - a tooth-like cube -used in a series forming a molding under Ionic and Corinthian cornices
Open dentil / wall-of-Troy
Latin: "dentes" = teeth (Dentils supposedly resemble a row of teeth.)
Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire
FurnitureSmall rectangular blocks, generally separated by evenly spaced open areas
See also: Open dentil
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- 361 Porter Avenue
- St. Anthony's RC Church
- Forest Lawn Delaware Avenue entrance gate
- Frank H. Goodyear Mausoleum Section 23, Forest Lawn Cemetery
- 24 Chapin Parkway
- 109 Chapin Parkway
- Fairfield Library
- Engine #15 Fire Station
- Coatsworth House
- Root Building
- Ellicott Square Building
- Erlanger Theater Demolished 2007
- Knox House, 800 Delaware Avenue
- Furniture: George III bow front bookcase and chest - Dana Tillou Fine Arts
Other examples:
