bead and reel

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. a convex molding having the form of elongated beads alternating with disks placed edge-on, or with spherical beads, or with both.

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Etymology

Origin of bead and reel

First recorded in 1950–55

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bead and reel

An astragal with the customary bead and reel separates the cymatium and the corona, while a drilled rope supplies the bed molding above the dentil course.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins

On the north side of the pilaster, seven inches of the bead and reel moulding immediately surmounting the anthemia have been skilfully inserted in a groove and fastened with lead.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith

They are too fragmentary for restoration, but include bead and reel mouldings, egg and dart patterns, portions of palmette and lotus patterns of elaborate design.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith

There are no mouldings, but a slight bead and reel along the interior edge of the arches.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

There are on this metope some remains of the bead and reel moulding on the upper margin.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith

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