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egg-and-dart

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egg-and-dart (gn-därt)
n.
A decorative molding consisting of a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with dart-shaped, anchor-shaped, or tongue-shaped figures.
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egg-and-dart
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Noun1.egg-and-dartegg-and-dart - a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape
egg-and-anchor, egg-and-tongue
moulding, molding - a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing


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The new installation, a suite of twenty-one galleries called the Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries, has been constructed with a classical serenity in mind: visitors walk through arches, past Ionic columns and cornices, and under ovolo moldings with egg-and-dart patterns.
Too high the cornices: the Met's new galleries by Siegel, Lee / Commonweal
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