Coffered Ceiling A suspended ceiling made of a series of "coffers"—or open rectangular boxes—common to both Japanese and Western architecture. Fusuma ...
Coffered ceiling Leaded glass panel in door leading to kitchen Bellflower wreath in spandril Chimneypiece ...
Coffered Ceiling A ceiling in which the beams and cross-beams leave a regular pattern of square or multi-sided sunken panels, or coffers, each of which is often decorated with molded, carved and painted decoration. Colonnade ...
Coffered (Caissoned) ceiling. Square or polygonal panels set into a ceiling and often decorated with ornamental motifs.
coffered an ornamental sunken panel, especially in a ceiling. Used to save weight on domed ceilings in ancient architecture. cohesion ...
COFFERED PANEL: a sunk panel, as used particularly in carpentry (cf. FIELDED). COFFERING: an arrangement of sunken panels decorating a vault or arch soffit.
Waffle slab - The most usual coffered slab, one in which the recesses are square on plan. Wainscot - Wooden lining, usually panelled, applied to the walls of a room usually upto dado height ...
In San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638-1641; façade completed 1667) he distorted the dome, on pendentives, into a coffered ellipse to stretch the space on a longitudinal axis; the entire façade appears to undulate.
lacunar a panelled or coffered ceiling or soffit; derived from the latin word lacuna meaning hollow or recess. Coffers of a ceiling are sometimes referred to as lacunaria. lancet A narrow pointed window.
è-"äº- Caisson domed or coffered ceiling è"' (轩) xuan (Verandas with windows) æ¦ xie (Pavilions or houses on terraces) 屋 wu (Rooms along roofed corridors) ...
Coffered ceilings with elaborate figural paintings Wood-paneled interior walls with classical murals ...
See also: Ceiling, Coffer, Floor, Architecture, House
 
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