| CABUCHON |
A round or ovoid device with a convex surface, often elaborately framed. Also found in jewelry. |
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Cartouche
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| CAISSON |
A sunken panel in a vault or a dome. See COFFER. |
| CAPITAL |
The crowning member of a column or a pilaster. See ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. |
| CARTOUCHE |
A shield or ovoid form often bearing inscriptions and devices in relief, frequently set in an elaborate scroll frame and bordered with ornament. |
| CAVETTO |
A concave molding with the profile of a quarter round or close to it. See MOLDINGS. |
| CHAIN BAND |
A series of circles joined by paired hyphens, often with rosettes in the circles. When bordered by acanthus, it is known as a foliated chain band. |
| COFFER |
A sunken panel in a ceiling, vault, or come c• :he underside of an arch. The great example of a coffering is to be found in the Pantheon in Rome. |
| CONSOLE |
A decorative bracket in the form of a scroll supporting a balcony, a table, or an overhanging wall. |
| CORINTHIAN COLUMN |
A round, vertical support, consisting of a base, shaft, and capital, usually upholding an entablature. See ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. |
| CORNICE |
The projecting top section of an entablature. See ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. |
| CORNUCOPIA |
Also known as a horn of plenty, it is a goat's horn overflowing with fruit, grain, ears of corn, and similar items. |
| CORONA |
 The fiat part of a cornice between the cymatium above and the bed mold below. See ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE.
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| COURSE |
A horizontal layer of masonry. |
| COVE |
A concave surface connecting a ceiling and a wall. |
| CROSSETTE |
 Also GREEK EAR. A lateral extension of the architrave moldings at the top of a door or window frame. |
| CYMA RECTA |
A molding with an S-shaped curve, concave over convex. See MOLDINGS. |
| CYMATIUM |
The uppermost molding of a cornice, usually
in the shape of a cyma recta. See ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. |
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