A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 405
ourses of the main wallhave no projection, or verylittle, it is coinnuin to say tiiatthe building has no cornice.Thus, the Ducal Palace i.ifVenice has on its two prin-cipal fronts a course of mar-ble decorated with a cove, a fillet, ami a bead,but no more tlian four courses of brick in totalhcigiit… … Cornice from WARMixfiTuN Ciicuch, NoRTHAMrToxsHiRE By extension, the term ai:>plies to a similardecorative member of whatever material, simi-larly jilaidl, as at the top of a piece of furni-ture, of an intei-ior wall or]iartition, or the like. Thus,cornices in the interiors ofhouses are usually…
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