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2. Finial - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, it is a small decorative device, employed to emphasize the apex of a dome, spire, tower, roof, or gable or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure. [3] A finial is typically carved in stone. Where there are several such elements they may be called pinnacles. The very top of a ...

3. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   The parlour was the most important room in a home and was the showcase for the homeowners where guests were entertained. The dining room was the second-most important room in the house. The sideboard was most often the focal point, which attracts visitor’s eyes immediately when they go into a room or space, [ 1 ] of the dining room and very ...

4. Dust corner - Wikipedia

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   Stair dust corners originated in the 1880s, during the Victorian era. Dust corners typically have a small hole in the middle so a nail can be hammered into the stairs. [2] Gail Caskey Winkler, author of Victorian Interior Decoration, believes dust corners originated in response to the public's new knowledge of the germ theory of disease. [3]

5. This Cozy Colonial Looks Straight Out of a Nancy Meyers ...

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   The traditional center hall floor plan remained intact but reimagined with 200-year-old oak floors from Baba Antique Wooden Floors in North Carolina. “They are so imperfect, with knots ...

6. House of the Greek Epigrams - Wikipedia

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   The remains of a staircase at another of the home's entrances, V 1,12, indicate there was once an upper floor over that portion of the house, probably used as an apartment rental. Another staircase was found in the south end of the west portico of the peristyle that appears to be associated with the same service functions as the rooms directly ...

7. Isaac Young House - Wikipedia

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   In the front hall, a lamp hangs from a round decoration on the plaster ceiling with curved decorations and radiating lines. The main stairs, flush with the north wall, have octagonal newel posts with beaded panels and a flattened finial. They are succeeded by turned balusters. [2]