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What is a stylized leaf motif evident on the capital of the Corinthian Column?

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Acanthus Leaves

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What is an ornamentation based on the honeysuckle flowers and leaves?

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Anthemion

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What is a Moorish design of intertwining leaves, flowers, and interlaced branches?

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Arabesque

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What is a male figure used as a column?

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Atlantes

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What is a board placed at the base of a wall and rests on the floor?

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Baseboard

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What is a decorative molding that resembles a string of beads?

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Beading

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What is a combination of beads and reels with a ratio of 1:2?

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Bead & Reel

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What is the edge of any flat surface that has been cut at a slant to the main area?

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Bevel

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What is tortoiseshell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, and metals used as inlay, derived from Andres Charles Boulle?

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Boulle

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10
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What is the rounding of an edge?

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Half Bullnose

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What is the term for when both the top and bottom edge are rounded?

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Full or Double Bullnose

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What are motifs that emulate the letters C and S of the Rococo style?

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C & S Scrolls

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What is the form of an unrolled scroll with an oval center having pierced curled edges?

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Cartouche

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14
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What is a female figure used as a column?

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Caryatid

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What is a concave molding approximating a quarter circle?

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Cavetto

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What is a circular decorative molding made of plaster and fixed to the ceiling?

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Ceiling Rose

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What is the topmost molding of a dado placed on a wall at the height of a chair back?

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Chair Rail or Dado Cap

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What is a slope forming the edge at a 45-degree cut angle?

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Chamfer

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19
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What is a pattern consisting of alternating light and dark squares?

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Checkerboard

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What is a square block of wood used to form a junction between the sides and head of a strip of door or window trim?

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Corner Block

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What is a Gothic ornament leaf or bud-shaped ornament used on the sides of pinnacles?

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Crocket

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What is a French term meaning “five leaves,” referring to a pattern resembling a five-leaved clover?

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Cinquefoil

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23
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What is a Gothic ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling?

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Coffer

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24
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What is a ceiling with coffers?

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Coffered Ceiling

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What is a molded projection that crowns a wall, more decorative and elaborate than crown molding?

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Cornice

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What is a decorative molding at the junction between walls and the ceiling of a room?

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Crown Molding

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27
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What is an S-shaped curve that begins and ends horizontally, also known as “Tummy”?

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Cyma Recta Curve

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28
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What is the curve that starts and ends vertically, also known as “Boobs”?

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Cyma Reversa Curve

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29
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What is a spiral scroll forming the principal characteristic of the Ionic capital?

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Volute

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30
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What is an all-over or repeating pattern without definite limits?

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Diaper Pattern

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31
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What is a small square projecting block in a cornice?

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Dentil

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32
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What is an ovoid-shaped molding forming part of a classical capital?

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Echinus

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33
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What is a classical molding motif with alternating dart and egg shapes?

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Egg and Dart Molding

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34
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What is a female head and bust used at the top of a volute?

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Espagnolette

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35
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What is a string of materials hanging in a curve between two points?

36
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What is a divider with a lacy openwork design?

37
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What is a narrow flat molding raised or sunk to separate larger moldings?

38
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What is a stylized three-petal iris flower tied by an encircling band, used by the royal family of France?

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Fleur De Lis

39
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What are parallel concave grooves or channels in a vertical position used to embellish columns, pilasters, or furniture legs?

40
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What is a Greek geometric band or border motif consisting of interlocking lines?

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Fret or Key Pattern

41
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What are elongated ovoid forms placed in a parallel series and projecting beyond the surface?

42
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What is a pilaster that narrows toward the bottom, capped with a topless female half-figure?

43
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What is a grotesque animal or human form used as a waterspout?

44
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What is a prepared plaster of chalk and white lead used to cast repeating ornamental forms in relief?

45
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What is a monster with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle?

46
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What is an incongruous combination of monstrous animals and human forms?

47
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What is a band or border running pattern of interlacing circular forms, a circular version of a fret?

48
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What is a wooden lining for interior walls?

49
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What is a tapering pilaster terminating in a head or bust of a male?

50
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What is a decorative motif of Greek origin resembling a conventionalized fan-like arrangement of petals?

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Honeysuckle

51
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What is a panel resembling folded cloth?

52
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What is an alternate name for the conventional diamond-shaped motif?

53
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What is a form resembling a crescent or half-moon?

54
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What is a grotesque head or mask?

55
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What is a running ornament consisting of an intricate variety of fretwork?

56
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What is a highly ornamental turning in two sections?

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Melon Bulb

57
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What is an overall pattern of stylized flowers and plants of French origin?

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Millefleur

58
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What is the prominent edge of a molding?

59
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What is a molding or an arch form composed of two opposing cyma curves?

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Ogee or Ogive

60
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What is a variety of brass made to imitate gold or bronze?

61
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What is an ormolu mounted on a surface?

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Ormolu Mount

62
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What is a circle or oval containing acanthus leaves in a rosette arrangement?

63
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What is a boss elongated that hangs down from the intersection of coffers in ceilings or tables?

64
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What is a compound of paper pulp mixed with paste or glue to be molded into various shapes?

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Paper-mache

65
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What is a horizontal molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended?

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Picture Mold or Picture Rail

66
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What is a four-lobed ornamentation?

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Quatrefoil

67
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What is a long, semicylindrical stem-like form used to enrich moldings, opposite of fluting?

68
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What is a scroll and leaf ornament combined with cartouches or grotesque forms, usually horizontally symmetrical in composition?

69
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What is an ornamental motif formed by a series of leaves arranged around a central point?

70
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What is a semi-circular shell with ridges radiating from a point at the bottom, commonly used in Queen Anne and Georgian furniture?

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Scallop Shell

71
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What is a conventionalized leaf pattern used to enrich a cyma reversa molding, sometimes called Leaf and Dart Pattern?

72
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What is a broken pediment with each half shaped in a reverse curve ending in an ornamental scroll?

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Scroll Pediment

73
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What is a figure having the head and breasts of a woman, wings of an eagle, and the body of a lion?

74
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What consists of enriched interlacing flat bands and forms, a combination of guilloche and fret?

75
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What is stonework formed in the head of a Gothic window?

76
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What is a pattern resembling a tree showing branches, leaves, flowers, and small animals, originating in ancient Assyria?

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Tree-of-life Pattern

77
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What is a three-lobed ornamentation resembling a clover?

78
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What is millwork around openings such as windows and doors?

79
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What is a convex semi-circular molding?

80
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What is a peculiar pattern of scrollwork consisting of convolved undulations, conventionally imitating a series of breaking wave crests?

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Vitruvian Scroll or Wave Pattern

81
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What is a decorative garland of flowers, foliage, or other ornamental material?

82
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What are ornamental motifs centered on a large field?

83
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What is a cabriole leg formed like the tarsal joint of the hind leg of a quadruped?

84
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What is the lower portion of the wall when treated differently from the surface above it?

85
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What is a parchment roll used as an ornament?

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