# Margent

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[[Image:Orna131-Pilasterschaefte.png|thumb|right|Margent decoration sculpted in plaster from [Meyer's ''Handbook of Ornament''](/source/%3ACommons%3ACategory%3AMeyer's_Ornament)]]

In architecture and furniture design, '''margent''' is an [ornament](/source/Ornament_(architecture)) consisting of a vertical arrangement of flowers leaves, or hanging vines. It was common in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. This [motif](/source/Motif_(art)) was developed as a complement to other decorative ornaments, hanging as "drops" at the ends of a [festoon or swag](/source/festoon). Margent can be used to accentuate the vertical lines of window frames and centered in ornamental [panels](/source/Frame_and_panel).

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File:Desiderio da settignano, tabernacolo del ss. sacramento, 1461, 11.JPG|[Renaissance](/source/Renaissance_architecture) margent on the San Lorenzo Tabernacle, by [Desiderio da Settignano](/source/Desiderio_da_Settignano) and [Baccio da Montelupo](/source/Baccio_da_Montelupo), 1461, marble, [Basilica of San Lorenzo](/source/Basilica_of_San_Lorenzo%2C_Florence), [Florence](/source/Florence), Italy

File:Santa-Maria-dei-Miracoli Main Portal.JPG|Renaissance margents on two [pilaster](/source/pilaster)s of the entrance of the [Santa Maria dei Miracoli](/source/Santa_Maria_dei_Miracoli%2C_Venice), [Venice](/source/Venice), by [Pietro Lombardo](/source/Pietro_Lombardo), 1481-1489

File:Entrée escalier SO.jpg|Renaissance margents on two pilasters in [Hôtel d'Alluye](/source/H%C3%B4tel_d'Alluye), [Blois](/source/Blois), France, unknown architect or sculptor, 1498 (or 1500)-1508

File:Door with the emblem of Francis I - OA 5941 - Louvre (01).jpg|Renaissance margents on two pilasters of a door with the emblem of [Francis I](/source/Francis_I_of_France), 1515-1547, oak and metal, [Louvre](/source/Louvre)

File:Glasgow Central railway station - geograph.org.uk - 5061162.jpg|[Renaissance Revival](/source/Renaissance_Revival_architecture) margents on pilasters of the [Hielanman's Umbrella](/source/Hielanman's_Umbrella), [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), UK, unknown architect, 1879

File:Detail of the pilaster between a pair of windows, on the D.A. Sturdza House from Bucharest (Romania).jpg|Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of the [Dimitrie Sturdza House](/source/Dimitrie_Sturdza_House) ([Strada Arthur Verona](/source/Strada_Arthur_Verona) no. 13-15), [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest), [Romania](/source/Romania), unknown architect, 1883<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00117979|website=pop.culture.gouv.fr|title=Palais du Commerce|author=|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>

File:18 Strada Grigore Cobălcescu, Bucharest (06).jpg|Renaissance Revival margent on a pilaster of [Strada Grigore Cobălcescu](/source/Strada_Grigore_Cob%C4%83lcescu) no. 18, Bucharest, unknown architect, {{circa}}1890
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==See also==
* [Marginalia](/source/Marginalia)

==References==
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{{commonscat|Meyer's Ornament}}
*{{cite book  | first =  Philippa  | last =  Lewis  | author2 =  G. Darley  | year =  1986  | title =  Dictionary of Ornament  | location =  New York  | publisher =  Pantheon  | isbn =  0-394-50931-5  | url-access =  registration  | url =  https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoforna00phil  }}
*{{cite book | first = Abraham | last = Swan | year = 1757 | title = Collection of Design in Architecture}} Volume II
*{{cite book | first = Franz Sales | last = Meyer | year = 1898 | title= Handbook of Ornament}}
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