swan's neck pediment

American  

Or swan neck pediment

noun

Architecture, Furniture.

1. a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S -curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the scrolls.

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Example Sentences

This panelling was topped with a swan's neck pediment behind the judge's chair.

From The Fairfax County Courthouse by Netherton, Ross De Witt