bead and reel

noun

, Architecture.

1. a convex molding having the form of elongated beads alternating with disks placed edge-on, or with spherical beads, or with both.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bead and reel¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

There are traces of the bead and reel moulding on the margin of this metope.

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There are on this metope some remains of the bead and reel moulding on the upper margin.

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They are too fragmentary for restoration, but include bead and reel mouldings, egg and dart patterns, portions of palmette and lotus patterns of elaborate design.

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Moulding with anthemion, plait, maeander, and leaf, bead and reel patterns.

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On the north side of the pilaster, seven inches of the bead and reel moulding immediately surmounting the anthemia have been skilfully inserted in a groove and fastened with lead.

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