Egg-and-dart ornaments

Egg-and-dart ornaments

Egg-and-dart ornaments have repeated oval-shaped ornament (usually shaped like an egg) followed by a non-curve decoration (usually looked like a dart, hence the name egg-and-dart). However, it has a few variants like egg-and-anchor, egg-and-tongue, etc. The ornaments can be 3D-shaped or 2D-shaped. This type of ornaments started from ancient Greek and was later used in neoclassical architecture.

References:
“Egg-and-Dart.” Wikipedia (18 March 2022).
“The Iconic Egg-and-Dart Motif — Then and Now.” ThoughtCo (19 March 2022).

Nguyen Hai An

Photo: Nguyen Hai An, Fulbright University Vietnam, CC BY-NC-ND