Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............... Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Gadroon / godroon
(ga DROON)
Also called nulling.
An ornament composed chiefly of ovoid or more elongated bosses regularly repeated, side by side.
A series of elongated egg or ovoid forms in a band.
Used in silverwork.
It is common in Elizabethan work and Italian Renaissance work.
A characteristic decoration of bulbous supports in Elizabethan style carving (as in above illustration).
Chippendale used it extensively for borders and tip edges; popular on Chippendale furniture made in New York and Philadelphia.
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: Furniture: Seymour H. Knox House / Blessed Sacrament RC Church Parish Office
- Wall sconce - Barker Square Condominiums
- Wall sconce - Minot Tanner House
- Jacobean Revival mantelpiece - Lockwood House
- Furniture: Chippendale English tea table top - Kittinger Furniture Company
- Furniture: Colonial Revival (Federal) bookcase - Old Editions Book Shop and Café
- Furniture: Eastlake side chair - Private collection, Buffalo, NY
Other examples:
- Furniture: Shoe, Philadelphia Chippendale side chair - Winterthur Museum
- Furniture: Skirt, New York Chippendale side chair - Winterthur Museum
