A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 136
nish or pi-otection at the foot of a wall, or thelike, especially in interior finish, as a baseboardforming i)art of the wooden trim of a room.(See Skirting.) (Cuts, cols. 221, 222.) Attic Base. In Greco-Konian architectureand its imitations, a base consi.sting of an upperand a lower torus between… … B.\SEMENT, nfCLUDING TwO STORIES, OF THE BUILDING IAI.AZZO GkASSI AT VENICE, 1705 A.D. 223 224 BASEMENT the ui)i)er torus will form one quarter (or onetwelfth the diameter of the colunui), the lowertorus, one half of the remainder (or one eighthof tlu diameter), and the scotia, with its fillets,an…
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