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QUARRY-FACED ASHLAR [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
DEF

[An ashlar whose] face is roughly hammered (also known as quarry-faced or hammer-faced).

OBS

"Rustication": Masonry cut in massive blocks separated from each other by deep joints.... Various types have been used: "banded" ...; "chamfered" ...; "cyclopean" (or "rock-faced"), with very large rough-hewn blocks straight from the quarry (or artfully carved to look as if they were) ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
OBS

"quarry-faced stone" : "pierre à parement brut".

OBS

Les moellons peuvent être bruts, de forme irrégulière, ou taillés selon l'aspect recherché.

Spanish

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