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2. Guastavino tile - Wikipedia

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   Guastavino tile vaulting in the City Hall station of the New York City Subway Guastavino ceiling tiles on the south arcade of the Manhattan Municipal Building. The Guastavino tile arch system is a version of Catalan vault introduced to the United States in 1885 by Spanish architect and builder Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908). [1]

3. Rafael Guastavino - Wikipedia

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   Based on the Catalan vault, he created the Guastavino tile, a "Tile Arch System", patented in the United States in 1885, which was used for constructing robust, self-supporting arches and architectural vaults using interlocking terracotta tiles and layers of mortar. His work appears in numerous prominent projects designed by major architectural ...

4. Tracery - Wikipedia

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   Because large lancet windows, such as those lighting the aisles of a church, may be wide in comparison to a single light in a traceried window, they often have armatures of wood or iron to support the glass. The arch of a lancet opening is often equilateral, but sometimes is much more acute, and when employed in the arcade of a choir apse, such ...

5. This $35 mirror is 'like trying on clothes in a super fancy ...

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   Arched Full Length Mirror (59"x16") $35 $80 Save $45 This stunning floor-length mirror can be used in several ways: as a standing floor mirror, leaning against a wall or mounted onto the wall ...

6. Zellij - Wikipedia

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   [14]: 26 The individual tile pieces are large, allowing the pattern to be visible from afar. Each piece was pierced with a small hole prior to being baked so that the tiles could be affixed by nails to a wooden frame set into a mortar surface on this part of the minaret.

7. Monk and Nun - Wikipedia

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   New roof section, San Agustin, Gran Canaria Mission tile in Spain Monk and Nun, also known as pan and cover, mission tiling, Spanish tile, or barrel tile, is a style of arranging roof tiles, using semi-cylindrical tiles similar to imbrex and tegula, but instead of alternating rows of flat tiles (tegulae) and arched tiles (imbrices), both rows consist of the arched tile.