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  • Palazzo
  • Palmette
  • Palmiform Column
  • Paneling
  • Papyriform Column
  • Papyrus Bud
  • Parapet
  • Parquet Flooring
  • Pastiglia
  • Paterae
  • Pediment
  • Pendant
  • Pentastyle
  • Pergola
  • Peristyle
  • Petit Pointe
  • Piazza
  • Pier
  • Pilaster
  • Pinnacle
  • Pipkins
  • Plaster
  • Plasterboard
  • Plinth
  • Porte-cochere

Palazzo Civico e Via RomaAn Italian palace, or any large extravagant building of a similar style.

PalmetteA stylized palm leaf shape used as a decorative element in classsical art and architecture of Egyptian origin.  Similar to anthemion and fleur-de-lis.

Palmiform columnThese columns have a palm tree motif, but did not actually represent the tree itself, but rather eight palm fronds lashed to a pole.

2008_04_biketrail_infrastructure_154The lining of a wall with a wainscot.

There are several variations in this type of column.  Some have circular shafts representing a single plant, while others have ribbed shafts that represent a plant with multiple stems. The capitals could be closed or open in a wide, bell-shaped form.

Represented lower Egypt

houseanglesThat portion of the wall that extends above the roof (wall surrounding a flat roof).

Wood flooring laid to form geometric patterns.  W

Bucktown Library DecoA plaster used during the Italian Renaissance for bas-relief ornament of furniture, being applied in layers, molded, carved, and gilded. – bas-relief designs formed by their layers of plaster over a fine fabric – (gesso/gilding) usually with gold leaf