Crocket
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Description
Crockets, in the form of stylized carvings of curled leaves, buds or flowers, are used at regular intervals to decorate (for example) the sloping edges of spires, finials, pinnacles, and wimpergs.
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As ornaments
When crockets decorate the capitals of columns, these are called crocket capitals. This element is also used as an ornament on furniture and metalwork in the Gothic style.
Examples
- All Souls College – Oxford
- Canterbury Cathedral
- Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral – Paris
- León Cathedral – Spain
- Duke Chapel
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