An annulet is a small square component in the Doric capital, under the

quarter-round A quarter round is a convex Molding (decorative), molding whose cross section is a quarter circle. It is one form of ovolo. A variation is a base shoe, a quarter of an ellipse. Most quarter round is of small gauge and relatively flexible. It i ...

. It is also called a fillet or listel, although ' and ' are also more general terms for a narrow band or strip, "a narrow band in architecture: fillet" such as the ridge between

flutes The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

. An annulet is also a narrow flat architectural moulding, common in other parts of a

column A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member ...

, ''viz.'' the bases, as well as the capital. It is so called, because it encompasses the column round. In this sense, ''annulet'' is frequently used for baguette or little

astragal An astragal is a Moulding (decorative), moulding profile composed of a half-round surface surrounded by two flat planes (Annulet (architecture), fillets). An astragal is sometimes referred to as a miniature torus. It can be an architecture, a ...

. Image:Hammond-Harwood House annulet HABS MD,2-ANNA,18-27.jpg, Carved wood annulet

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* Columns and entablature Ornaments (architecture) {{architecturalelement-stub