Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ......................... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary

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Architecture

Any rose-shaped ornament

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Furniture

Rose-like round ornament, sometimes divided into small segments or petals.

Found in almost all western styles of architecture

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Illustration above: Harlow C. Curtiss House / International Institute
  
  
• Otto Store
  
  
• Market Arcade
  
  
• Chillion M. Farrar House, 506 Delaware Ave.
  
  
• Knox House
  
  
• Buffalo Savings Bank
  
  
• Root Building
  
  
• Our Lady of Victory Basilica
  
  
• St. Gerard's RC Church
  
  
• Furniture: Reproduction highboy - Kittinger Furniture Company
  
  
• Furniture: Queen Anne style wing chair knee - Private collection
  
  
• Furniture: Eastlake armchair support - Private collection, Amherst, NY

Other examples:

• Supreme Court Building, Washington, DC
  
  
• Royal Palace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  
  
• L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
  
  
• Furniture: Chippendale (Federal) highboy - Winterthur Museum

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Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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