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2. Quarter round - Wikipedia

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   A variation is a base shoe, a quarter of an ellipse. [1] Most quarter round is of small gauge and relatively flexible. It is typically used as a decorative build-up element in mantels and other architectural features, and at the lower edge of baseboard to hide any gaps between it and a floor. Base shoe is used similarly in flooring applications.

3. Molding (decorative) - Wikipedia

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   Screen moulding: Small moulding used to hide and reinforce where a screen is attached to its frame. Shoe moulding, toe moulding or quarter-round: Small flexible moulding used at the junction of a baseboard and floor as a stylistic element or to cover any gap between the two.

4. Baseboard - Wikipedia

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   At its simplest, baseboard consists of a simple plank nailed, screwed or glued to the wall; however, particularly in older houses, it can be made up of a number of moldings for decoration. A baseboard differs from a wainscot; a wainscot typically covers from the floor to around 1-1.5 metres (3' to 5') high (waist or chest height), whereas a ...

5. Ovolo - Wikipedia

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   The quarter-round cross-sectional profile of the fundamental design element, the ovolo, in an unadorned molding, showing also with its resulting shadow pattern. Ovolo is an Italian word that means "little egg". [1] The ovolo or echinus is a convex decorative molding profile used in architectural ornamentation. Its profile is a quarter to a half ...

6. Fluting (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   If the flutes (hollowed-out grooves) are partly re-filled with moulding, this form of decorated fluting is cabled fluting, ribbed fluting, rudenture, stopped fluting or stop-fluting. Cabling refers to this or cable molding. [5] [6] [7] When this occurs in columns, it is on roughly the lower third of the grooves.

7. Ogee - Wikipedia

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   A building's surface detailing, inside and outside, often includes decorative moulding, and these often contain ogee-shaped profiles—consisting (from low to high) of a concave arc flowing into a convex arc, with vertical ends; if the lower curve is convex and higher one concave, this is known as a Roman ogee, although frequently the terms are used interchangeably and for a variety of other ...