Engineering:Colonette
A colonette is a small slender column,[1] usually decorative, which supports a beam or lintel. Colonettes have been used as a feature of furnishings such as a dressing table and case clock.[2][3] According to Webster's Dictionary, they are typically found in "a group in a parapet, balustrade, or cluster pier".[4] The term columnette has also been used to refer to thin columns.[5]
Chartres Cathedral has a pilier cantonné with four colonettes attached to a large central core that support the arcade, aisle vaults and nave-vaulting responds.[citation needed]
The -ette suffix, from French language, is a diminutive.
Norman architecture colonettes at St. Leonard's Priory, Stamford from the 12th century
Interior with I-beam columns and colonettes
Blind door framed by colonettes
See also
- Balluster
- Pilaster
References
- ↑ Lancaster, Clay (13 January 2015). "Antebellum Architecture of Kentucky". University Press of Kentucky. https://books.google.com/books?id=j7kfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA318&dq=Colonette&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuhoX716jcAhVQAqwKHbKBCJo4FBDoAQgsMAE#v=onepage&q=Colonette&f=false. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ Jane, Adlin (18 July 2018). "Vanities: Art of the Dressing Table". Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://books.google.com/books?id=QvopAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Colonette&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuhoX716jcAhVQAqwKHbKBCJo4FBDoAQg-MAQ#v=onepage&q=Colonette&f=false. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ Museum, McKissick; Mckissick (1 September 1986). "Carolina Folk: The Cradle of a Southern Tradition". University of South Carolina Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=iCbKiCWBtiAC&pg=PA60&dq=Colonette&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuhoX716jcAhVQAqwKHbKBCJo4FBDoAQg4MAM#v=onepage&q=Colonette&f=false. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ "Definition of COLONNETTE". https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colonnette. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ Okely, W. Sebastian (18 July 1860). Development by Christian architecture in Italy. p. 56. https://archive.org/details/developmentbych00okelgoog. Retrieved 18 July 2018. "columnette definition."
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