Accolade (architecture)

In architecture, an accolade is an embellishment of an arch, found most typically in late Gothic architecture.

Accolade over an arch in Portugal

One kind of accolade forms a pair of reverse ogee curves over a three-centered arch, ending in a vertical finial.[1][2]

References
  1. Sturgis, Russell (1901). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Volume I. Macmillan. p. 10.
  2. Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2016). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-19-967499-2.


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