ovolo
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Etymology
Origin of ovolo
1655–65; < Italian, variant (now obsolete) of uovolo, diminutive of uovo egg 1 < Latin ōvum
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It has fluted columns, an intricately hand-tooled dentil course in the cornice, richly incised architraves and carved ovolo moldings.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
The reeded ovolo is again prominent, and the fascia of the architrave of the arch bears a familiar decorative motive consisting of groups of five flutes in alternation with a conventionalized flower.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
Lastly, the crowning part is, in the Greek Doric, a single convex moulding, not very dissimilar in profile to the ovolo of the capital, and forming what we commonly call an eaves-gutter.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)
An enriched ovolo suggesting a quarter section of a cylinder and two disks in alternation lends added refinement to the paneled jambs and the architrave casing of the arch with its hand-carved keystone.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
Effective use is made of a reeded ovolo, and the fascia of the architrave bears a pleasing hand-tooled band of vertical flutes with a festooned flat fillet112 running through it.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
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