Door, 1450–1500, Made in Poitou, France, French, Oak, Overall: 79 x 40 in. (200.7 x 101.6 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, In fifteenth-century France, the pointed arch formed by two simple arcs was often elaborated with two additional arcs, forming opposing double curves known as an ogee arch. Such an arch is frequently decorated with flamboyant, or flame-like, foliage and punctuated with rounded cusps and slender, faceted pinnacles
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Door, 1450–1500, Poitou, France, French, Oak, Overall, 79 x 40, 200.7 101.6 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, fifteenth-century, pointed arch, formed, two simple, arcs, elaborated, additional, forming opposing, double, curves, ogee, arch, frequently decorated, flamboyant, flame, foliage, punctuated, rounded cusps, slender, faceted pinnacles
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