Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ......................... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
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Erectheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece Harlow C. Curtiss House / International Institute
Architecture
Any rose-shaped ornament
Patera: A bas-relief decorative oval or circular ornament, resembling a shallow dish
FurnitureRose-like round ornament, sometimes divided into small segments or petals.
Found in almost all western styles of architecture
Examples from Buffalo:
- Right 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:
- Left illustration above: Erectheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
- Supreme Court Building, Washington, DC
- Royal Palace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
- Corinth, Greece
- Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy
- Furniture: Chippendale (Federal) highboy - Winterthur Museum