ogee
But although everyone from the Germans to the Greeks had the know-how to wield the crowns and ogees of their day, it took the much-copied French to elevate the light-and-shadow effects of moldings to new and singular heights.
Ogee moldings are usually an S-shaped curve; one where the upper curve is convex is called a cyma reversa, and one where the lower curve is convex is called a cyma recta. The word ogee may come from a Latin word with a sense of "supporting," but the origin is considered uncertain.
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