Fleuron (architecture)

A fleuron is a flower-shaped ornament,^[1] and in architecture may have a number of meanings:

1. It is a collective noun for the ornamental termination at the ridge of a roof, such as a crop, finial or épi.
2. It is also a form of stylised Late Gothic decoration in the form of a four-leafed square, often seen on crockets and cavetto mouldings.
3. It can be the ornament in the middle of each concave face of a Corinthian abacus.
4. Finally, it can be a form of
   anthemion, the decorative Greek floral decoration.^[2]

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  Fleuron at Brussels Town Hall, Belgium
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  Fleuron as a finial
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  Fleuron is the uppermost flower decoration in the center of a Corinthian capital
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  Fleuron in a cornice molding
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  Fleuron as a anthemion (Greek word for flower)
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  Fleuron above a doorway

See also

• Flamboyant

References