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A modesty panel is something added to various items such as clothes or furniture for the purpose of concealment. [1] In particular, it refers to a thin board of wood or metal that is attached to the front of a desk , drafting table, electronic organ , or similar item, to shield legs, ankles, or feet from view. [ 1 ]
Plate glass is often used in windows. Fragment of a Roman window glass plate dated to 1st to 4th century CE. Plate glass, flat glass or sheet glass is a type of glass, initially produced in plane form, commonly used for windows, glass doors, transparent walls, and windscreens. For modern architectural and automotive applications, the flat glass ...
They are first-surface mirrors, where the immediate bronze surface is flat, plain and highly polished to be reflective, rather than second-surface mirrors, like modern glass mirrors, where the reflection comes from a backing applied to the glass. Maid holding folding mirror for her mistress, Greece, c. 100 BCE. They are significantly inferior ...
Magnesium oxide, more commonly called magnesia, is a mineral that when used as part of a cement mixture and cast into thin cement panels under proper curing procedures and practices can be used in residential and commercial building construction. Some versions are suitable for general building uses and for applications that require fire ...
Solid parquet boards with grooves on the near ends. Tongues on the right sides of the boards and grooves on the left sides. The far ends are tongued. Tongue and groove is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood, in flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions. Tongue and groove joints allow ...
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 baseboard is typically under 0.2 metres (8") high (ankle height). Plastic baseboard comes in various plastic compounds, the most common of which is UPVC.
There are 175 art glass panels throughout the house, [56] [170] [212] [f] arranged in 29 patterns. [201] These panels have intricate, vertically-oriented geometric motifs. [211] View of the house from the northern property line. The main entrance leads to the first floor [203] [213] and is recessed significantly from the western facade on ...
The large cupboards, "painted in softened white with brass wire mesh panels", [89] were installed in this space. The space was fitted with large cupboards "painted in softened white with brass wire mesh panels". [89] These cupboards, which were dismantled in the 19th century, were not restored until 2008, according to Mique's plans. [58]