Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture
Dictionary ............... Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Lozenge
LOZ inj
Architecture
Diamondlike shape
Used as a fret or molding, e.g., the Normans in lozenge and billet molding
FurnitureA conventional diamond-shaped motif.
A product of the first part of the 17th century, e.g., in Jacobean design. It also appears in the French Directoire period.
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: Architecture - Westminster Presbyterian Church Parish Hall
- Louis Greenstein House
- Illustration above: Furniture - chair - Seymour H. Knox House / Blessed Sacrament RC Church Parish Office
Other examples:
- St. Denis Abbey, France Column motif
- Campanile, Florence, Italy
