Margent

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Margent decoration sculpted in plaster from Meyer's Handbook of Ornament

In architecture and furniture design, margent is an ornament consisting of a vertical arrangement of flowers leaves, or hanging vines. It was common in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. This motif was developed as a complement to other decorative ornaments, hanging as "drops" at the ends of a festoon or swag. Margent can be used to accentuate the vertical lines of window frames and centered in ornamental panels.

Gallery

• Renaissance margent on the San Lorenzo Tabernacle, by Desiderio da Settignano and Baccio da Montelupo, 1461, marble, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
  Renaissance margent on the San Lorenzo Tabernacle, by Desiderio da Settignano and Baccio da Montelupo, 1461, marble, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
• Renaissance margents on two pilasters of the entrance of the Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice, by Pietro Lombardo, 1481-1489
  Renaissance margents on two pilasters of the entrance of the Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice, by Pietro Lombardo, 1481-1489
• Renaissance margents on two pilasters in Hôtel d'Alluye, Blois, France, unknown architect or sculptor, 1498 (or 1500)-1508
  Renaissance margents on two pilasters in Hôtel d'Alluye, Blois, France, unknown architect or sculptor, 1498 (or 1500)-1508
• Renaissance margents on two pilasters of a door with the emblem of Francis I, 1515-1547, oak and metal, Louvre
  Renaissance margents on two pilasters of a door with the emblem of Francis I, 1515-1547, oak and metal, Louvre
• Renaissance Revival margents on pilasters of the Hielanman's Umbrella, Glasgow, UK, unknown architect, 1879
  Renaissance Revival margents on pilasters of the Hielanman's Umbrella, Glasgow, UK, unknown architect, 1879
• Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of the Dimitrie Sturdza House (Strada Arthur Verona no. 13-15), Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect, 1883[1]
  Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of the Dimitrie Sturdza House (Strada Arthur Verona no. 13-15), Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect, 1883
• Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of Strada Grigore Cobălcescu no. 18, Bucharest, unknown architect, c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".1890
  Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of Strada Grigore Cobălcescu no. 18, Bucharest, unknown architect, c.1890

See also

• Marginalia

References

• Volume II