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

From this the transition to the square abacus is effected by an egg and tongue and a bead and reel moulding.

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 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

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

On the upper margin of the marble still remains the bead and reel moulding which once ornamented all the metopes, but of which there are few traces elsewhere.

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

Moulding with anthemion, plait, maeander, and leaf, bead and reel patterns.

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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