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    In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical...
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  • He was bred and raced by Henry L. Straus and trained by Frank Bonsal. Pilaster was sired by Pilate, a son of the 1916 American Horse of the Year and Belmont...
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    Lesene (redirect from Pilaster strip)
    lesene, also called a pilaster strip, is an architectural term for a narrow, low-relief vertical pillar on a wall. It resembles a pilaster, but does not have...
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  • deaths, that of Peter Middleton and Tobias Pilaster, Hugh's father. Edward Pilaster: Son of Joseph Pilaster, head of a wealthy banker family, at high level...
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    early 14th-century Italy, it took on an architectural form with column and pilaster decorations. In modern times, a credenza is more often a type of sideboard...
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    Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-01-16. "Fanlight, Pilaster". ushistory.org. Archived from the original on 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2008-01-16...
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    facade is segmented by pilasters in the palladian giant order, that is they continue in the building's entire height. The pilasters are of the Tuscan order...
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  • Centralia mine fire. Cathedral architecture Flying buttress Strainer arch Pilaster Retaining wall "Buttress", www.britannica.com, Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    articulate the wall-spaces of the piers. Column — pillar Compound pier Pilaster Deep foundation Abbett, Robert W. (1957). American Civil Engineering Practice...
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    doorway at the west end has an ogee head and a hood mould, above which is a pilaster rising to a gabled bellcote with a crocketed finial. Inside, the north-east...
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    installed atop an interior wall. It is also used atop doors, windows, pilasters and cabinets. Historically made of plaster or wood, modern crown moulding...
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  • town in "Jaynestown", an episode of Firefly Canton (building), a corner pilaster Canton (flag), an emblem placed in the top left quarter of a flag Canton...
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    architecture, of which many examples remained. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical...
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    measuring 4feet in bottom and 2feet in the top. There are 2 pillars and 2 pilasters on their northern and inner faces having aspect of almost full pillars...
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    supports, called an "anta capital" when it is structural, or sometimes "pilaster capital" if it is only decorative as often during the Roman period. In...
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    purely decorative, set against a wall in the form of pilasters. One of the first buildings to use pilasters as an integrated system was in the Old Sacristy...
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    Their design often adopted elements of Later Roman architecture like pilasters, columns, and sculptured discs. After the disintegration of the Carolingian...
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    the "Stone Gallery". This attic stage is ornamented with alternating pilasters and rectangular windows which are set just below the cornice, creating...
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    of "two orders of columns and pilasters, the first order being Corinthian" and "a third or attic story formed of pilasters and two columns on either side...
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    been removed over the centuries – for example, capitals from some of the pilasters are in the British Museum. Two columns were swallowed up in the medieval...
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    45°33′0.87″N 9°17′0.02″E / 45.5502417°N 9.2833389°E / 45.5502417; 9.2833389 There are three plague crosses in Brugherio, in the province of Monza and...
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    and rendered on the outside, and is decorated with vertical limestone pilaster strips and strapwork. At the corners of the tower, the walls are strengthened...
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  • converge; this includes the raised edge between two flutes on a column or pilaster, if that edge is sharp. Arris Rail A type of rail, often wooden, with a...
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    centre, a pilaster rises to symbolize, in allegorical terms, the principles expressed in the 1812 constitution. At the foot of this pilaster, there is...
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    a term for "pilaster ornaments featuring acanthus decoration", specifically "running scrolls" that ran vertically up a panel or pilaster, rather than...
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  • Social capital Capital (architecture), the topmost member of a column or pilaster The Capital (building), a commercial building in Mumbai, India Capital...
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    buried at its base, dating the sculpture to c. 20 BCE. A contemporary pilaster of a Buddhist devotee in Greek dress has been found at the same spot, again...
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    of Ashoka, Sanchi Stupa no. 3. Illustration from Sanchi Stupa Limestone Pilaster, 2nd century CE, Amravati, Indian Museum, Kolkata. Buddha footprints with...
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    Buildings of England series, records the two-storey porch with Tuscan pilasters and obelisks. Hemingstone is a Grade I listed building. It remains a private...
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    supports, called an "anta capital" when it is structural, or sometimes "pilaster capital" if it is only decorative as often during the Roman period. In...
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