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RUDENTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
DEF

Solid convex mass, or molding, partially occupying the flutes of a column.

DEF

The figure of a rope or staff, sometimes plain sometimes carv'd, wherewith a third part of the flutings of columns are frequently filled up.

OBS

rudenture: There is no evidence that this ... word have ever been in actual English use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
DEF

Ornement en forme de baguette lisse, torsadée ou tressée, qui garnit [jusqu'au tiers de sa hauteur] une cannelure de colonne rudentée ou de pilastre rudenté.

OBS

La baguette se termine fréquemment par un ornement généralement floral. Vient du latin rudens : cordage. Style Louis XVI : les pieds des sièges sont souvent ornés de cannelures rudentées.

Spanish

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