Faience vase attributed to Delftware factory, c. 1685-1690, in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Delftware faience jardiniere, c. 1695-1715, in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands ...
Vase of Aliénor (Eleanor) Inscription on the base of the vase (see below) reads:Hoc vas sponsa dedit Anor Regi Ludvico, Mitadolus avo, mibi Rex sanctsque Sugerus.
Turned vase-shaped vertical post supporting the rail of a staircase or the splat of a chair. Banding Strip of veneer used as a border for table tops, drawer fronts, etc.
(of bottle, vase, violin, bone) → Hals m; (of land) → Landenge f (of dress etc) → Ausschnitt m; it has a high neck → es ist hochgeschlossen (also neck measurement) → Halsweite f ...
Vase in the shape of a horn, filled with fruit and decorated with flowers. A classic symbol of abundance. Crosier. Staff, resembling a shepherd's crook, carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office. Cross vault. * Vault.
urnAn Urn is a vase, originally used for storing the ashes of a cremated body. Empty urns have been popular garden ornaments. V ...
Wittkower distinguished two types, one symmetrical in profile that inverted one bulbous vase-shape over another, separating them with a cushionlike torus or a concave ring, and the other a simple vase shape, first employed, according to Wittkower, ...
stirrip jar (14) -- a rounded vase with a double handle and a narrow spout (Biers, 338) Sample Image (Lesson 24) stomion (10) -- the mouth or door passage of a tholos tomb (Vermeule, 387) Sample Image (Lesson 10) straw-tempering (7) ...
baluster - one of a series of uprights, often vase-shaped, used to support a handrail balustrade - the low wall made up of a series of balusters and railings ...
PLINTH (Gr. 7rXiveos, a square tile), the term in architecture given to the lower mouldings of a podium, pedestal or skirting; also to any rectangular block on which a statue or vase is placed, ...
the base of a column, statue, vase, or other upright work of art. Pediment ...
Pedestal (c/f plinth, base) - A sub-structure below the base of a column (to give extra height, without modifying the proportion, or as the end of a balustrade, or of a statue, or vase.
The band across the top of the window is a stylized guilloche; the interweaving ribbons become a squared geometric pattern. The central spandrel, like the mullions, is wrought iron with an intricate stylized acanthus in a vase with a flowery ...
PebbledashingA form of wall covering in which pebbles or gravel are thrown at the wet plaster for a textured effect.PedestalA tall block carrying a classical column, statue, vase, etc.Pediment ...
Used to conceal and rods, hooks and other devices. Balustrade:A vase shaped support used in a row topped off by a rail. Arcade:An hollowed, arched roof area of a building. Cupola:A small structure sitting on top of a dome.
- An interior non load bearing wall, one storey or part storey in height. Passage - Act of passing, transition, lapse course, means of passing to and fro, a corridor, a channel. Pedestal - The support of a column, statue, vase.
See also: Architecture, House, Classical, Renaissance, Pedestal
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