1.) Ornamental stone work in Gothic windows. In the earlier or "plate tracery," the windows appear to have been cut through the solid stone. In "bar tracery" the glass predominates, the slender pieces of stone having been added within the windows. 2.) Similar ornamentation using various materials and applied to walls, shrines, etc.
An ornamental configuration of curved mullions in a Gothic sash.
Ornamental stone or wood pattern work formed by the branching of mullions, and filling the upper portion of a window.
Stone openwork pattern in head of Gothic window, screen, etc. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 415) Related terms: Tracery, Plate / Tracery, Bar
Design in pieced patterns, in which the openings show dark on light from without and light on dark from within, referring to windows.
Curving bars which create a decorative shape within a Gothic window.
The thin stone supporting pieces in a gothic window, characterized by interlacing or branching forms.
the curved mullions of a stone-framed window; ornamental work of pierced patterns in or on a screen, window glass or panel.
Dividing bars, often forming ornamental patterns, in a Gothic window.
Curvilinear mullions or openwork on windows, window heads, stone panels, etc.
Intersecting ribwork in upper part of window.
decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs
Ornamental work, commonly made of stone, surrounding and as part of a window.
Geometrically constructed building ornament such as a foil found in the upper part of Gothic rose windows (fig.2, C). This type of stonework decoration became more complex during the High Gothic and Flamboyant phase.
Curvilinear decoration used in windows, primarily Gothic style lancet windows.
The stone mullions in a Gothic window. Also used as carvings.
The open work formed by the stonework at the head of a Gothic window
Ornamentation in which every line is a circle or the arc of a circle, interwoven to make a complex pattern. Originally, tracery referred to the stone mullions of Gothic windows.
Ornamental, intersecting, linear pattern in the upper part of a Gothic window, screen, panel or vault.
ornamentation of panels, circular windows, window heads, etc. A curving mullion of a stone window, as in Gothic architecture.
Interlaced lines that form the lacy openwork of a Gothic-style window
ornamental stonework most often seen supporting window glass. The variety of tracery patterns is nearly endless, though, within a given period, they all have a definite similitude
Delicate latticelike forms of bars and lines, whose spaces either contain glass or are left open. Derived from Gothic windows in which a framework within any large window was necessary to hold the glass (which at that time was manufactured in small sections). Tracery should properly contain separate pieces of glass, but most modern work uses a cutout pattern of filigree over a single pane of glass.
Decorative ornamental work in upper window, screen or panel.
was developed mainly in British cathedrals and was used to bring attention to the windows in a building because of conservative interior designs.
ornamental stonework most often seen supporting window glass in the form of trifoils and cinquefoils. Sometimes used merely as decoration on panels and moldings and then called 'blind' tracery. More at Tips & Tricks to Gothic Geometry.
Ornament composed of cusps and foils. An embellishment of the upper portion of windows in Gothic architecture.
The ornamental work in the upper part of a window, screen, or panel, or used decoratively in blank arches and vaults. Most commonly used to describe the decorative carved stonework of Gothic church windows.
Derived from and resembling the stone openwork typically found in Gothic windows, this is carved, pierced or blind decoration (see fretwork).
Gothic window ornamentation depending on window mullions in elaborate flowing or geometrical patterns built up of curved lengths of mortared stone molding.
The ornamental intersecting work in the upper part of a window, screen, or panel, or used decoratively in blank arches and vaults. Illustration from St. John's Grace Episcopal
decorative intersecting glazing bars in the upper portion of a window; most common in Gothic Revival styles. (IMAGE)
Ornamental stonework in a window
Intersecting rib work in upper part of window.
Ornamental intersecting stonework used to support the glass.
Shapes in the head of a Gothic window
Fine lines or a decorative nature.
Arched ornamental work with interlacing, branching lines. Usually consists of openwork in the head of a Gothic window.
Delicate latticelike forms of bars and lines with spaces for glass or openings, derived from Gothic windows in which a framework within the large opening was necessary to sustain the glass, which at first was in small sections. Tracery, when it encloses glass, should properly, actually separate pieces of glass, but modern commercial work merely uses a cutout pattern of filigree over a pane of glass.
Ornament of ribs, bars, etc., in panels or screens, as in the upper part of a Gothic window.