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sunburst
an Eastlake decorative element shaped like a sun with radiating rays; often only a semi or quarter circle of the motif is used.
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sunburst - a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it
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SUNBURST
Wooden ornament resembling rays radiating from the sun.
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On the right is a sunburst pattern and on the left is a starburst. The gable designs in many Victorian homes are really folk art.

Satinwood was his favorite material, with mahogany for chairs, and for veneering. Carving was rarely used -- chiefly smaller Adam forms, such as rosettes, urns, sunbursts and vases.

System - An arrangement of door or window units, combined for a particular application. An example of this would be multiple doors, with or without sidelites, transoms, and sunbursts.

Modern elements included echoing machine and automobile patterns and shapes, such as stylized gears and wheels, or natural elements such as sunbursts or flower bouquets.

An effect produced by slipping sheets of veneer side-by-side to form patterns, such as diamond, sunburst, herringbone and checkerboard.
Slip Seat:
A removable, upholstered seat frame for a chair or bench.

Briefly the world's tallest building, the skyscraper is adorned with eagle hood ornaments, hubcaps and abstract images of cars. Other Art Deco architects used stylized flowers, sunbursts, birds and machine gears.

See also: Ornament, Architecture, House, Finish, System

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