Crocket

Croquets applied to the finials at Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk in Ostend
Croquets applied to the finials at Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend

A crocket (or croquet) is a hook-shaped decorative element common in Gothic architecture.[1] The name derives from the diminutive of the French croc, meaning "hook", due to the resemblance of crockets to a bishop's crosier.[2]

Description

A crocket is in the form of a stylized carving of curled leaves, buds or flowers which are used at regular intervals to decorate the sloping edges of spires, finials, pinnacles, and wimpergs.[3]

As ornaments

When used to decorate the capital of columns, these are called crocket capitals. This element is also used as an ornament on furniture and metalwork in the Gothic style.[4]

Examples

References

  1. ↑ "Crocket | architecture". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. ↑ "Definition of CROCKET". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Crocket | architecture". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Capital | architecture". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  • Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Crocket". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 477.


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