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  2. Scagliola - Wikipedia

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    Italian scagliola top, second half of the 18th century. Scagliola (from the Italian scaglia, meaning "chips") is a type of fine plaster used in architecture and sculpture.The same term identifies the technique for producing columns, sculptures, and other architectural elements that resemble inlays in marble. [1]

  3. Dado (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The dado in a pedestal is roughly cubical in shape, and the word in Italian means "dice" or "cube" (ultimately Latin datum, meaning "something given", hence also a die for casting lots). [ 2 ] [ 4 ] By extension, the dado becomes the lower part of a wall when the pedestal is treated as being continuous along the wall, with the cornice becoming ...

  4. Guéridon - Wikipedia

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    By the time of Louis XIV's death in 1715, there were several hundred guéridons at Versailles, and within a generation they had taken on a nearly endless number of forms: columns, tripods, termini and mythological figures. Some of the simpler and more artistic forms were of wood carved with familiar decorative motives and gilded.

  5. Muqarnas - Wikipedia

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    The purely decorative vault is made of plaster and suspended from a hidden wood framework above. In the western Islamic world, muqarnas decoration was definitively introduced during the reign of the Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf .

  6. Dado rail - Wikipedia

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    A dado rail, also known as a chair rail or surbase, [1] is a type of moulding fixed horizontally to the wall around the perimeter of a room. The dado rail is traditionally part of the dado or wainscot and, although the purpose of the dado is mainly aesthetic, the dado rail may provide the wall with protection from furniture and other contact.

  7. Koshland House - Wikipedia

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    There are large wooden columns, pediments, and cornices and a plaster barrel vaulted ceiling. [2] The Library. This room was designed to conceal books behind a system of large wooden panels which are detailed with concealed hardware. The panels are flanked by large wooden columns, and all of the woodwork was originally a dark mahogany.

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