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

See also

References
  1. "Fleuron" Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009
  2. Curl, James Stevens (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 880 pages. ISBN 0-19-860678-8.
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