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

Engaged

Architecture Attached to a wall by being partly embedded or bonded to it Engaged column: A column partially attached to a wall and projecing from 1/3 to 3/4 of the extent of its diameter Found in almost all styles of architecture Furniture Engaged column: A column partially attached to a wall and projecing from 1/3 to 3/4 of the extent of its diameter Examples from Buffalo: Illustration: Engaged column: Ansley Wilcox Mansion / Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Engaged tower: Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Engaged column: Albright-Knox Art Gallery Engaged roof: 368 Linwood Ave. Engaged roof: 33 Days Park. Engaged columns: Buffalo Club Engaged columns: The Mansion on Delaware Avenue Engaged columns: 241 Lincoln Pkwy. Engaged urns: 70 Niagara Street Engaged dormer roof: 104 Chapin Plwy. Furniture: Empire bookcase - Old Editions Book Shop and Café Other examples: John Jacob Glessner House, Chicago, IL St.Denis Abbey, Paris, France Roman Triumphal Arch, Orange, Provence, France

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