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Cornice: Generally any horizontal decorative moulding; Cove moulding or coving: Concave-profile moulding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling; Crown moulding: Wide, sprung moulding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling. General term for any moulding at the top or "crowning" an architectural element.
In the 14th century, decorative plasterwork called pargeting was being used in South-East England to decorate the exterior of timber-framed buildings. This is a form of incised, moulded or modelled ornament, executed in lime putty or mixtures of lime and gypsum plaster.
Glazed architectural terra cotta is a ceramic masonry building material used as a decorative skin. It featured widely in the 'terracotta revival' [ 1 ] from the 1880s until the 1930s. It was used in the UK, United States , Canada and Australia and is still one of the most common building materials found in U.S. urban environments.
Millwork building materials include the ready-made carpentry elements usually installed in any building. Many of the specific features in a space are created using different types of architectural millwork: doors, windows, transoms, sidelights, molding, trim, stair parts, and cabinetry to name just a few.
Quarter round molding at the edge of a parquet floor. A quarter round is a convex 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. [1] Most quarter round is of small gauge and relatively flexible.
The Chicago School of Architecture: A history of commercial and public buildings in the Chicago area 1875–1925. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964. ISBN 978-0-226-11455-2; Merwood-Salisbury, Joanna. Chicago 1890: The Skyscraper and the Modern City. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-226-52078-0
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