Tail gable

Tail gable is the technical name for a gable shape . This is characterized by a curved gable contour and was particularly widespread in the Renaissance and Baroque periods (and the corresponding neo- historical styles). Tail gables are usually ornately decorated. A narrower definition applies to the term Schweifwerk gable , which not only describes the curved outline, but also the use of the Schweifwerk , an ornament form from around 1600. The tail gable can also be provided with volutes (see volute gable ).

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  Neuhaus am Inn Castle with two tail gables

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  House in Wittmund with a wide tail gable

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  Tail gable on dormer (right) in Giessen

Web links

Commons : Gables  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kiesow about ornamental shapes on gables at Monumente Online
• Paul-Henry Boerlin, Erik Forssman, Ingrid Haug, Wolfgang Prohaska, Hans Erich Kubach: Façade , in: Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte, Vol. VII (1978), Sp. 536–690; online: RDK laboratory .