<Ul> <Li> Astragal -- Semi-circular molding attached to one of a pair of doors to cover the gap where they meet . </Li> <Li> Baguette -- Thin , half - round molding , smaller than an astragal , sometimes carved , and enriched with foliages , pearls , ribbands , laurels , etc . When enriched with ornaments , it was also called chapelet . </Li> <Li> Bandelet -- Any little band or flat molding , which crowns a Doric architrave . It is also called a tenia ( from Greek ταινία an article of clothing in the form of a ribbon . </Li> <Li> Baseboard , `` base molding '' or `` skirting board '' -- Used to conceal the junction of an interior wall and floor , to protect the wall from impacts and to add decorative features . A `` speed base '' makes use of a base `` cap molding '' set on top of a plain 1 '' thick board , however there are hundreds of baseboard profiles . </Li> <Li> Baton -- See Torus </Li> <Li> Batten or board and batten -- Symmetrical molding that is placed across a joint where two parallel panels or boards meet </Li> <Li> Bead molding -- Narrow , half - round convex molding , when repeated forms reeding </Li> <Li> Beading or bead -- Molding in the form of a row of half spherical beads , larger than pearling <Ul> <Li> Other forms : Bead and leaf , bead and reel , bead and spindle </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Beak -- Small fillet molding left on the edge of a larmier , which forms a canal , and makes a kind of pendant . See also : chin - beak </Li> <Li> Bed molding -- Narrow molding used at the junction of a wall and ceiling . Bed moldings can be either sprung or plain . </Li> <Li> Bolection -- Raised molding projecting proud of a face frame at the intersection of the different levels between the frame and an inset panel on a door or wood panel . It will sometimes have a rabbet on its underside the depth of the lower level so it can lay flat over both . It can leave an inset panel free to expand or contract with temperature and humidity . </Li> <Li> Cable molding or ropework -- Convex molding carved in imitation of a twisted rope or cord , and used for decorative moldings of the Romanesque style in England , France and Spain and adapted for 18th - century silver and furniture design ( Thomas Sheraton ) </Li> <Li> Cabled fluting or cable -- Convex circular molding sunk in the concave fluting of a classic column , and rising about one - third of the height of the shaft </Li> <Li> Casing -- Finish trim around the sides of a door or window opening covering the gap between finished wall and the jam or frame it is attached to . </Li> <Li> Cartouche ( in French ) escutcheon -- Framed panel in the form of a scroll with an inscribed centre , or surrounded by compound moldings decorated with floral motifs </Li> <Li> Cavetto -- ( in Italian ) cavare ( `` to hollow '' ) : Concave , quarter - round molding sometimes employed in the place of the cymatium of a cornice , as in the Doric order of the Theatre of Marcellus . It forms the crowning feature of the Egyptian temples , and took the place of the cymatium in many of the Etruscan temples . </Li> <Li> Chair rail -- Horizontal molding placed part way up a wall to protect the surface from chair - backs , and used simply as decoration </Li> <Li> Chamfer -- Beveled edge connecting two adjacent surfaces </Li> <Li> Chin - beak -- Concave quarter - round molding , rare in ancient buildings , more common today . </Li> <Li> Corner guard -- Used to protect the edge of the wall at an outside corner , or to cover a joint on an inside corner . </Li> <Li> Cove molding or Coving -- Concave - profile molding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling </Li> <Li> Crown molding -- Wide , sprung molding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling . General term for any molding at the top or `` crowning '' an architectural element . </Li> <Li> Cyma -- Molding of double curvature , combining the convex ovolo and concave cavetto . When the concave part is uppermost , it is called a cyma recta but if the convex portion is at the top , it is called a Cyma reversa -- Crowning molding at the entablature
<Ul> <Li> Astragal -- Semi-circular molding attached to one of a pair of doors to cover the gap where they meet . </Li> <Li> Baguette -- Thin , half - round molding , smaller than an astragal , sometimes carved , and enriched with foliages , pearls , ribbands , laurels , etc . When enriched with ornaments , it was also called chapelet . </Li> <Li> Bandelet -- Any little band or flat molding , which crowns a Doric architrave . It is also called a tenia ( from Greek ταινία an article of clothing in the form of a ribbon . </Li> <Li> Baseboard , `` base molding '' or `` skirting board '' -- Used to conceal the junction of an interior wall and floor , to protect the wall from impacts and to add decorative features . A `` speed base '' makes use of a base `` cap molding '' set on top of a plain 1 '' thick board , however there are hundreds of baseboard profiles . </Li> <Li> Baton -- See Torus </Li> <Li> Batten or board and batten -- Symmetrical molding that is placed across a joint where two parallel panels or boards meet </Li> <Li> Bead molding -- Narrow , half - round convex molding , when repeated forms reeding </Li> <Li> Beading or bead -- Molding in the form of a row of half spherical beads , larger than pearling <Ul> <Li> Other forms : Bead and leaf , bead and reel , bead and spindle </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Beak -- Small fillet molding left on the edge of a larmier , which forms a canal , and makes a kind of pendant . See also : chin - beak </Li> <Li> Bed molding -- Narrow molding used at the junction of a wall and ceiling . Bed moldings can be either sprung or plain . </Li> <Li> Bolection -- Raised molding projecting proud of a face frame at the intersection of the different levels between the frame and an inset panel on a door or wood panel . It will sometimes have a rabbet on its underside the depth of the lower level so it can lay flat over both . It can leave an inset panel free to expand or contract with temperature and humidity . </Li> <Li> Cable molding or ropework -- Convex molding carved in imitation of a twisted rope or cord , and used for decorative moldings of the Romanesque style in England , France and Spain and adapted for 18th - century silver and furniture design ( Thomas Sheraton ) </Li> <Li> Cabled fluting or cable -- Convex circular molding sunk in the concave fluting of a classic column , and rising about one - third of the height of the shaft </Li> <Li> Casing -- Finish trim around the sides of a door or window opening covering the gap between finished wall and the jam or frame it is attached to . </Li> <Li> Cartouche ( in French ) escutcheon -- Framed panel in the form of a scroll with an inscribed centre , or surrounded by compound moldings decorated with floral motifs </Li> <Li> Cavetto -- ( in Italian ) cavare ( `` to hollow '' ) : Concave , quarter - round molding sometimes employed in the place of the cymatium of a cornice , as in the Doric order of the Theatre of Marcellus . It forms the crowning feature of the Egyptian temples , and took the place of the cymatium in many of the Etruscan temples . </Li> <Li> Chair rail -- Horizontal molding placed part way up a wall to protect the surface from chair - backs , and used simply as decoration </Li> <Li> Chamfer -- Beveled edge connecting two adjacent surfaces </Li> <Li> Chin - beak -- Concave quarter - round molding , rare in ancient buildings , more common today . </Li> <Li> Corner guard -- Used to protect the edge of the wall at an outside corner , or to cover a joint on an inside corner . </Li> <Li> Cove molding or Coving -- Concave - profile molding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling </Li> <Li> Crown molding -- Wide , sprung molding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling . General term for any molding at the top or `` crowning '' an architectural element . </Li> <Li> Cyma -- Molding of double curvature , combining the convex ovolo and concave cavetto . When the concave part is uppermost , it is called a cyma recta but if the convex portion is at the top , it is called a Cyma reversa -- Crowning molding at the entablature
horizontal molding along the top of a wall
horizontal molding along the top of a wall
Crown molding
Crown molding