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Decoration index (24 features showing local examples)

Description

Links are given below to the main types of decoration applied to stone, brick and woodwork.

See also separate indexes to moulding and brickwork.

> bucranium

> chamfered rustication

> chequerwork (or diaper)

>  chevron

>  cogging (or sawtooth)

>  corbel

>  cornice

>  crenellation

>  crockets

>  crow steps

>  finial

>  flared header

>  fluting

>  guilloche

>  guttae

>  hatched work (wall)

>  key pattern

>  parchment weave

>  pendant

>  putti

>  rustication

>  strapwork

>  terracotta work

>  vermiculation

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