Terra Cotta
(ter'a kot'a) [Ital. = burned earth]
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terra cotta
A mixture of sand and baked clay commonly used to make pipe for sewage disposal systems. A mixture of sand and baked clay used to form a shingle used on certain styles of architecture.
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Terra Cotta - Clayware of structural character used in facing of buildings and for relief ornament. The surface is colored and usually glazed.
Terra Cotta -- Cast and fired clay units, used as ornamentation.
Transom -- Horizontal window like element above the door.
Terra cotta - Hard fired clay, either glazed or unglazed, molded into ornamental elements, wall cladding and roof tiles.
Tracery - An ornamental configuration of curved mullions in a Gothic sash.
terra cotta Fired clay commonly shaped in a mould and frequently glazed after firing.
terrazzo A sturdy flooring finish of marble chips mixed with cement mortar. After drying, the surface is ground and polished.
terra cotta - a fine-grained, brown-red clay used for roof and floor tiles and decoration; literally, cooked earth. Terra cotta was used extensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the U.S., primarily in ornamentation.
terra cotta - A red-brown fired, but unglazed clay used for roof tiles and decorative wall covering. Glazed terra cotta was frequently used for exterior decoration on buildings of the early 20th century. (p. 38 - siding of lower floor, p.
Terra cotta
Hard-baked pottery used in decorative arts and as a building material, usually of a red-brown clay, but may be colored with paint or baked glaze.
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Terra Cotta
- unglazed or glazed fired clay, usually red in colour, used in late Victorian and Edwardian building where repetitive moulded decorative detail was required, as for example in brattishing or chimney pots.
TERRA COTTA
Hard fired clay, brownish-orange in color, used for pottery, roofing, floor tiles (ladrillos), and bricks. Here at the San Luis Rey lavanderķa neophytes scrubbed their clothes on these ladrillos, wearing circular depressions into them.
Circa 1895 terra cotta keystone.
Multiple section terra cotta, typical form used over windows and doors.
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Sullivan's designs, which often used intertwining vines and leaves combined with geometric shapes, were often imitated. Other less-gifted architects often relied on stock terra cotta ornamentation produced by suppliers such as Chicago 's Midland ...
A cylindrical pipe or brick made of terra cotta or metal; placed atop a chimney to extend it and thereby increase the draft.
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The Patterned Masonry showcased texture-rich designs made of various patterns of brick courses or various colors of brick, terra cotta or plaster. There were few wooden embellishments.
 See also: Terra, Architecture, House, Ornament, Frame
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