Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
............... Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Multifoil
ArchitectureHaving more than five foils, lobes or articulated divisions, e.g., multifoil window or multifoil arch
In French, "foil" means "leaf." The number of foils involved is indicated by a prefix, e.g. trefoil, quatrefoil, cinquefoil, sexfoil, mouchette
Found in Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival styles
FurnitureFound also on furniture
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: First Free Baptist Church (sexfoil)
- Asbury Delaware Avenue Methodist Church (8 lobes)
- Old Post Office / Erie Community College (Below eagle - 8 lobes))
- Unitarian Universalist Church (7 lobes)
- 800 West Ferry (7 lobes)
- Episcopal Church of the Ascension (6 lobes)
- St. Stanislaus RC Church (8 lobes)
- E. F. Hall Office and Residence (16 lobes)
Other examples:
