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Margent
is a vertical arrangement of flowers, leaves or hanging vines used as a decorative
ornament
in architecture and furniture design in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. This
motif
was developed as a complement to other decorative ornaments, hanging as "drops" at the ends of a
festoon
or
swag
. Also used to accentuate the vertical lines of window frames and centered in ornamental
panels
.
The term
margent
is an archaic word meaning "margin", a border or edge; especially handwriting on the edges of a printed book (or
marginalia
). Related to the word "
marches
", the area between two regions.
Shakespeare
uses the word in Act II, Scene I of
A Midsummer Night's Dream
:
These are the forgeries of jealousy
And never, since the middle summer's spring,
Met we on hill, in dale, forest or mead,
By paved fountain or by rushy brook,
Or in
the beached margent of the sea
,
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind,
But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
- ?
Titania
, the queen of the
fairies
Beached Margent of the Sea
is also the name of a painting by Canadian artist,
F.M. Bell-Smith
(1846?1923).
Gallery
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Renaissance margents on two
pilasters
of the entrance of the
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
,
Venice
, by
Pietro Lombardo
, 1481-1489
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Renaissance margents on two pilasters in
Hotel d'Alluye
,
Blois
, France, unknown architect or sculptor, 1498 (or 1500)-1508
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Renaissance margents on two pilasters of a door with the emblem of
Francis I
, 1515-1547, oak and metal,
Louvre
-
Renaissance Revival
margents on pilasters of the
Hielanman's Umbrella
,
Glasgow
, UK, unknown architect, 1879
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Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of the
Dimitrie Sturdza House
(
Strada Arthur Verona
no. 13-15),
Bucharest
,
Romania
, unknown architect, 1883
[1]
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Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of
Strada Grigore Cob?lcescu
no. 18, Bucharest, unknown architect,
c.
1890
See also
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References
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- Lewis, Philippa; G. Darley (1986).
Dictionary of Ornament
. New York: Pantheon.
ISBN
0-394-50931-5
.
- Swan, Abraham (1757).
Collection of Design in Architecture
.
Volume II
- Meyer, Franz Sales (1898).
Handbook of Ornament
.