Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Cove
KOHV

A concave molding,

Coving / cove ceiling / coved ceiling: A curved surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall

Coved vault / cloistered arch / cloistered vault - A vault composed of four quarter-cylindrical surfaces or coves, meeting in vertical diagonal planes

Cavetto: Coved molding. Example: Egyptian cornice

Cove lighting:  Method of concealed lighting in which lights are tucked inside the coves

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Charles W. Goodyear House / Oracle School
  
  
• Williams-Butler House
  
  
• Hotel Lafayette - Pan-Am Grill
  
  
• Hotel Lafayette - Lobby  - Cove lighting
  
  
• Mabel Danahy Building /Buffalo Design Collaborative
  

Other examples:

• Schwarzenberg Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
  
  
• Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
  
  
• Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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