Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Basket-handle arch
Also called basket arch, elliptical arch, semielliptical arch

A flattened arch designed by joining a quarter circle to each end of a false ellipse

Found in Beaux-Arts, Chateauesque, and Italianate styles


Examples from Buffalo architecture:

Other examples:


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