godroon


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godroon

(ɡəˈdruːn)
n
1. (Antiques) a variant spelling of gadroon
2. (Architecture) a variant spelling of gadroon
goˈdrooned adj
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The scrupulous study of the handle of the door leading out of the trustees' room (a cartouche framed in pearls bearing the letters PL; leafy sprays, bound by a ribbon; a rosette in a small coffer and a boss in godroons, etc., etc.) leads to an examination of the binges to that same door (embellished with bound reeds and a pinecone finial).
Nicolas Coldstream points out to me that the crosshatched areas may have been godroons, therefore imitative of probably Attic LG models; cf.