Illustrated Architecture Dictionary   .....................   Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary

Sunburst design

Architecture

Popular on Art Deco and  Victorian architecture, on the exterior as well as the interior.

See also:  Fanlight

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Furniture

An ornamental motif, carved, painted or inlaid, with straight or jagged rays radiating from a central point.

Associated with the style of Louis XIV, the "Sun King."

Found on Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture.

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Left illustration above:  Exterior frieze - Buffalo Design Collaborative
  
  
• Right illustration above: Queen Anne highboy - Lang Collection
  
  
• Fireplace - Martin House
  
  
• Lobby mural - City Hall
  
  
• Skylight - City Hall
  
  
• Transom light - 186 Bidwell Parkway
  
  
• Mabel Danahy Building /Buffalo Design Collaborative

Example outside of Buffalo:

• San Francisco "Painted Lady"