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Rosette - A round floral ornament, usually carved or painted. Rustication - masonry characterized by smooth or roughly textures block faces, and strongly emphasized recessed joint.
Rosette (row ZET) A rose-shaped patera . In the illustration, there is a rosette in the middle of the quatrefoil. Illustration from the Stephen M. Clement House ...
Rosette. A circular design or ornament which resembles a formalized rose; may be painted, sculpted or moulded. Rotunda. A round building often covered with a dome. A large round room or hall, generally in the centre of a building.
Rosette A painted or sculpted ornament having a circular or radial arrangement of parts resembling rose petals. Rotunda In architecture, this is a round building, or room, usually with a domed roof.
Rosettes - Circular decoration with a stylised floral motif usually in timber or metal. Roughcast - External rendering, the top coat of which contains gravel, 5mm crushed stone or pebbles.
rosette A round floral ornament, usually carved or painted. round arch A semicircular arch. rowhouse One of a group of an unbroken line of attached houses that share common side walls, known as party walls.
Rosette blocks and casing by the end of the 19th century had become much smaller, around 3-4 inches. The Grove, Ancaster Ancaster ...
rosette - Where the handrail ends in the wall and a half-newel is not used, it may be trimmed by a rosette. easings - Wall handrails are mounted directly onto the wall with wall brackets.
Either side of each niche is a sunken rosette divided into eight lobes. A band of similar rosettes forms a cornice running around the four faces of the courtyard.
patera a flat round decoration like a shield, or rosette, in bas-relief; the ornament often used in coffers. patina Mottled surface or sheen, either naturally occurring or simulated, which gives the look of age; verdigris; aerugo.
The earliest example of a plain cusp is Ely Cathedral, where a small roll, with a rosette at the end, is formed at the termination of a cusp. In the later styles, the terminations of the cusps were more richly decorated. Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911).
Coffer - An inset decoration in a ceiling, vault, or dome. They range from the undecorative types such as in the inner dome of the Pantheon, to more ornate ones decorated with moldings and rosettes.
Where the top section of the pediment is missing and the two side sections remaining are curved and the broken' pieces end in a rosette this is known as a Swan Necked Pediment, as in the Saunderson monument at Glentworth.
RosetteA flat circular ornament in the shape of a flower.Rose windowCircular window with tracery radiating from the centre.RotundaBuilding or room circular in plan.RoughcastWall plaster mixed with a coarse aggregate such as gravel.
See also: Architecture, Ornament, Classical, House, Roman
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