Baluster

A moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, in stone or wood and sometimes in metal, standing on a unifying footing and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of ...

baluster

Architecture; General architecture

One of a series of short vertical posts, often ornamental, used to support a rail.

baluster

Home furnishings; General furniture

An upright, such as a table leg or rail, shaped like a vase or urn.

baluster

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The name given to a vessel that is slender at the top and bulbous at the bottom.

bed

Building materials; Stone

1. In granites or marbles, a layer or sheet of the rock mass that is horizontal, commonly curved and lenticular, as developed by fractures. Sometimes applied also to the surface ...

splay

Building materials; Stone

A beveled or slanted surface.

wall tie

Building materials; Stone

A bonder or metal piece which connects wythes of masonry to each other or to other materials.

oolitic limestone

Building materials; Stone

A calcite-cemented calcareous stone formed of shells and shell fragments, practically non-crystalline in character. It is found in massive deposits located almost entirely in ...

aedicule

Building materials; Stone

A canopied niche framed by colonettes, resembling a temple and intended as a shrine or votive offering; a doorway or window flanked by a pair of columns and topped by a pediment.

boss

Building materials; Stone

A carved stone positioned at the apex of a ribbed vault.

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Industry/Domain: Arts & crafts Category: Modern art

A tool to deceive and slaughter

Created by Caleb Larson to bring to a work of art, it is impossible to collect. A black box measuring eight cubic inches, entirely featureless, except ...