Pendant bellflowers - Cathedral, Catania, Sicily
Furniture: Tilt-top pedestal table with turned pendant - Ansley Wilcox Mansion / Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
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pendant - held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"
pendent, dependent
supported - held up or having the weight borne especially from below; "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends" ...
Pendant - A boss elongated so that it hangs down; found in Late Gothic vaulting and, decoratively, in French and English c 16 and early c 17 vaults and also stucco ceilings.
pendant - a decorative piece (made of masonry or turned wood) suspended from a roof or vergeboard: used especially in Gothic architecture (p. 30 -roofing gable tops, p. 32 - atop the two towers).
pendant
A hanging architectural member formed by ribs. Not to be confused with pendentive. Pendants ofthe appear in conjunction with fan vaults. See also fan vault
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PENDANT An ornamental piece of wood or metal hanging down from a porch, cornice or bracket.
Pendant A bulbous, knob-like ornament which hangs downward.
Pent Roof A small roof protruding from a facade, separating stories.
Picture Window One single, large window pane that does not open from either side.
PENDANT An elongated and often turned ornament that hangs down from a peak or cornice, for example, on a gable of a medieval-styled building.
Pendant - Element suspended with decorative swollen lower ends (egg Pendant bargeboard q.v.) ...
Pendants
The first thing that all Italianate houses and buildings have is the emphasis on vertical proportions. Most Italianate houses are between two to four stories in height. Rarely is there a one story.
PENDANT
Ornament that drops below an overhang or projection.
PIER
Load-bearing element that rises from a footing.
About the middle of the 16th century the ceilings were formed in plaster with projecting ribs, interlaced ornament and pendants, and the characteristics of the Elizabethan style.
It is a process that is dependant on reference data, but long accurate sequences (chronologies) of growth patterns, have now been constructed through a process of recording progressively older overlapping samples, ...
The system of monasticism in which the religious become members of an order, with common ties and a common rule, living in a mutually dependant community, rather than as a group of hermits living in proximity but essentially separate, ...
cinquefoil - in tracery, having five pendants in a circular ring; usually applied to windows and panels. See also tracery.
Keystone: Stone in the form of wedge forming the central element of a lintel, vault, or arch. Pendant keystones are found at the intersection of ribbed vaults. Originally from the Latin clavis for "key." ...
The glass-walled Frey House II celebrates earth. An enormous boulder from the mountainside juts into the house, forming a partial wall between the living area and the sleeping area. The pendant light fixture is an illuminated globe.
At the end of the chain was a tall conical pendant which has been interpreted as a representation of an imperial Sassanian crown.
Cut-away bay windows were sometimes one-over-one with the upper panel including small square or artistically shaped panes. Projecting oriels, dropped pendants, and patterned wood shingles were added details.
Most windows in Brutalist buildings do not open and the buildings are thoroughly climate- controlled. The design of the building is largely dependant on the shape and placement of the various room masses.
Most windows do not open, and the building is thoroughly climate-controlled. The design of the building is largely dependant on the shape and placement of the various room masses. Outlines are quite intricate and exterior walkways are emphasized.
Peel tower, pele towerSmall defensible tower or tower-house of stone, especially near the Scottish-English border.Pend(Scots): Open-ended ground-level passage through a building.PendantAn ornamental feature suspended from a ceiling or ...
Includes the Italianate entryway and porch, double-arched windows on second floor and side gable, and pendant brackets (rare) hanging from the eaves. Also exhibits a central dormer with elliptical arch.
38. New Bedford, MA.
39. New Bedford, MA.
 See also: Architecture, Ornament, House, Gable, Church
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