gadrooning

The box sofa was made in England, and the cornice molding around the ceiling repeats the "gadrooning" (radiating lobes) design of the sofa.

One of these at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an exuberant combination of vertical gadrooning and horizontal cut-card work, with plain bands of silver on a tall tapered form.

Still other highlights include a lavishly engraved two-handled commemorative cup circa 1744, by Jacob Hurd, an irresistible punch strainer (circa 1775) with delicate gadrooning, by Paul Revere Jr.