Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Dogtooth ornament
AKA Tooth ornament
An architectural ornament common in early English Gothic consisting usually of four leaves radiating from a raised point at the center
Early English [1189-1309] - The dog-tooth ornament in hollow mouldings was used in great profusion and the chisel replaced the axe of the Early Noman period. - p. 458. Online, p. 341 (online July 2019)
Early English [1189-1309] - Mouldings are bold and deeply undercut... The chiselled dog-tooth succeeded the axed nailhead of the Norman period [1066-1189] and gives a play of light and shade to deeply cut hollow mouldings. - p. 452. Online, p. 341 (online July 2019)
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Mosaic
- Bemis House Fireback
