For other uses, see Tambour (disambiguation).
In classical architecture, a tambour (Fr.: "drum") is the inverted bell of the Corinthian capital around which are carved acanthus leaves for decoration.[1]
The term also applies to the wall of a circular structure, whether on the ground or raised aloft on pendentives and carrying a dome (also known as a tholobate), and to the drum shaped segments of a column, which is built up in several courses.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 388.
References[edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tambour". Encyclopædia Britannica 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 388.
