designslinger - Word of the Week: festoon

 
[festoon (ca. 1920) Cullom Street, Chicago/Image & Artwork: designslinger]

festoon (fe-STOON) n. the representation of a garland of flowers, fruits and the like hanging from two points, heaviest at the middle and lightest at the point of suspension;

 
[festoon (ca. 1915) South Wells Street, Chicago /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

especially in classical and neoclassical architecture;

 
[festoon, Art Institute of Chicago (1893) /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

anything hanging in a natural catenary curve.
Posted by designslinger at 11/25/2009 2:11 AM
Categories: Dictionary
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