a decorative ovolo molding, having a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape in the form of a dart or anchor. Also used attributively; as, an egg-and-dart molding; an egg-and-dart design. Called also egg and dart, and egg and tongue
A decorative molding made up of an alternating pattern of round (egg) and downward-pointing tapered (dart) elements.
a classic carving motif of ornamental molding in which an egg shape alternates with a dart.
An ornamental molding in which an egg shape alternates with a dart shape. Sometimes called egg-and-anchor or egg-and-tongue. See also Ovolo.
Also called Egg-and-Tongue or Egg-and-Anchor. Moulding or carved enrichment in the form of a row of ovals alternating with dart-like forms. Popular in Neo-Classical furniture, Egg-and-Dart is one of the most frequent in carved woodwork after the early 16th Century.
An ornamented molding in which an egg shape alternates with a dart. Also referred to as egg-and-anchor or egg-and-tongue.
Egg-and-dart is an ornamental device often carved in wood or stone quarter-round ovolo mouldings, consisting of an egg-shaped object alternating with an element shaped like an arrow, anchor or dart. Egg-and-dart enrichment of the ovolo molding of the Ionic capital is found in Ancient Greek architecture at the Erechtheion and was used by the Romans.
