英语词汇“cornice”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

A cornice was merely a horizontal decorative projection. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Out of the sky he drops to a cornice beam with mortal voice telling me not to weep. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on her toes and tentatively felt along the top of the cornice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Roguish fauns and naked nymphs peeked down at Billy from festooned cornices. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figures on the cornice symbolize the mathematical sciences, with Urania, the muse of astronomy, in the centre. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She followed the wall, seeking another option, and found a stone cornice bearing a statue of Kerch’s three flying fishes within reach. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The walls and ceilings were peppermint, and here and there, you’d see a bit of fishing net, or a rotted piece from a boat stuck up high near the cornicing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single billboard, mounted on the cornice of the building across the alley, dominates the view; its surface gleams three yards beyond the glass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Banners and flags and gonfalons suddenly bellied from every cornice, a huge red banner unscrolled along the full length of the Machinery Building, and the canvas slipped from Big Mary’s gold-leaf shoulders. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Now, American flags hung from the gate’s cornices in honor of the World’s Fair. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the stores were old with graceful eaves and cornices; others had been modernized or sterilized with plate glass windows and neon; still others were new. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lopsang saw that Hansen was faltering, he held up his own descent long enough to make sure Doug and Rob made it safely across a dangerously corniced area just below the top. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A gray bird flew above them, above the electric wires for the streetcar line, and perched on the metal cornice of a roof. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

One critic praises not only the show but the entresol itself, admiring the lack of “high class decor,” no plush drapes or gilded cornices, as in the rest of the gallery. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We had to haul the sledge up and over each knife-edged or fantastically corniced top, then slide her down, and up over the next one: for they never seemed to run parallel to our course. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, architects relied on old and dangerous habits, such as substituting wood for stone and decorating their buildings with wooden awnings, cupolas, and cornices. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could just make out the top two floors of the Griffin Building, with its white cornices that blazed in the sunlight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She used these to recast the 19th-century cornices and ceiling roses. Setting the scene: a home with a dramatic flourish 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

Here’s just a fragment from one of hers: “a meridienne, banquette, pouf, ottoman, ear, stile, cross rail, stretcher, cross stretcher, crinoline stretcher, cornice, top rail, diamond point.” For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

And adding features like mullioned windows, a three-story porch and cornices made to match the one surviving original. Personal Journeys: A Twist on the B&B in Wales 2011-05-06T20:15:17Z

Edward Burns lately has been looking here, there and everywhere when he strolls the city: at stoops, windows, cornices, railings. For ‘Public Morals,’ Edward Burns Exhumes the ’60s From Manhattan Streets 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

The details are stunningly real—an old chandelier flickers with light, miniature trousers hang on a frayed clothesline, a tiny bird’s nest is burrowed in a charred cornice. An Artist’s Obsession with the Ruins of His Homeland 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

Along with 828, with its three-story limestone base, metal cornice and terra-cotta details, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering six other historic buildings along Broadway just south of Union Square. The Battle to Make the Strand a Landmark Is About More Than a Building 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

One probable reason is Steamboat’s lack of hospital-grade chutes, cornices and cliffs, which discourages maniacally aggro skiers from settling, or even vacationing, here. A snow dad reveals what makes a ski resort kid-friendly 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

The company offers a huge selection of fabrics and hardware, cornices and valances, and custom drapes. Window Treatment Sources We Love 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z

He said that it was overgrown and described walking along a “cornice that stuck out of the ground.” Goodbye, iPhone. Farewell, Brooklyn. Let’s move to Honduras and camp with jaguars 2013-01-05T20:00:00Z

Pine flooring was salvaged and repurposed as stair treads and shelving, tin cornices and trim were restored, and shiplap was repaired or replaced. A New Restaurant Embraces Its Historic Surroundings in Charleston, South Carolina 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

At either end rose giant flagpoles, perhaps 100 feet high, projecting up through the cornice with electric signs, wavy in imitation of banners. | West 46th Street: West 46th Street/Streetscapes - Mementos of a Lost Battle 2011-10-09T05:48:09Z

Rooms are defined by their small size, symmetrical design, a fireplace with a carved mantel, cornices with elaborate details, large windows, and well-worn heart-pine floors. 2010-02-17T18:12:00Z

The view to the south is the stately egg-and-dart cornice belonging to the neighbor, the Alexis Hotel. Downtown condo made rich with secondhand furnishings 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

Some have cornices inspired by those of Egyptian temple gates. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z

Because we can’t tell a cornice from a lintel, we asked Norfolk architect Greg Rutledge to guide us through the West Freemason Street Area Historic District. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

What were once banks and factories are now restored commercial and residential buildings, an impressive patchwork of colors and styles restored right down to the molded cornices, marble pilasters and stained glass windows. Hudson, N.Y.: An Elegant Transformation 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

For ten years I dreamt of the same house:until I knew every corridor and cornice, the grainof the wood in every board, the way light fellin different rooms at different times of day. Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson – review 2013-03-24T10:00:01Z

These, too, were supposed to look different from one another, with multiple sandstone hues and painted cornices, assorted roof lines and the varied placement of large open bays. | West 71st Street: Row Houses Gone Wild 2010-12-12T05:00:00Z

Griffin is surprised how interesting cornices and terra cotta angels are, and you will be, too. ‘The Gargoyle Hunters,’ by John Freeman Gill: A love letter to New York City 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

What Mayor Collins saw was the exposed musculature of mighty concrete piers supporting a massive cornice line of offices. Michael McKinnell, 84, Dies; Architect of a Monumental City Hall 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

There are 26 rooms featuring coved ceilings, cornices and natural light from skylights in 18 of the galleries. American masters get new life at NYC's Met museum 2012-01-15T19:16:04Z

Since many of the armory’s spaces are still undergoing renovation — restored cornices and fixtures alternate with palimpsest patches of half-uncovered original wallpaper — Trusty Sidekick’s artists took advantage of opportunities to suggest characters’ in-between status. Trusty Sidekick Presents Immersive Pieces at Park Ave. Armory 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

In an image from Paris, ornate cornices are barely visible above rows of filing cabinets and stacks of paper; in Vienna, gilded, chandelier-lit rooms have empty bookshelves and bare curtain rods. A Hare and an Inheritance, Once Hidden, at the Jewish Museum 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

Travelling with his fellow artist Val Prinsep, he piously followed in the master's footsteps: "Ruskin in hand, we sought out every cornice, design or monument praised by him." Saints and sinners 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

Junya Watanabe makes such wearable clothes, and it was frustrating to find that his new venue — a Parisian mansion filled with ornate cornices and fancy gilding — had not changed his attitude. Fashion Review: Punk Hangs In There 2014-01-19T13:11:08Z

He has restored the store’s travertine stone slabs, the green African marble cornices and the bronze letters above the entrance doors. | Peter Marino Works His Magic on Bulgari’s Rome Flagship 2014-03-24T22:00:23Z

Rooms with wide baseboards, elaborate window casings and cornice molding at the ceiling demand more time and effort. Pro or no? What to consider before hiring out a home painting job. 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

Then we followed a long line of precarious cornices to the summit. Explorer: Skiing Igloo-to-Igloo Across the Grand Tetons 2011-03-04T19:55:00Z

Inside, the 62 rooms breathe the industrial age with their cornices, old timber paneling, and original exposed brick. The Old Clare Hotel Joins Two Historic Sydney Buildings 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

The company also offers a number of valances and cornices. Window Treatment Sources We Love 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z

The alternative is a spartan architectural setting in which consoles, cornices and arches are detailed with faultless precision, without any attempt at creating an atmospheric effect. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z

Indeed, from the architectural history point of view, Mr. Arbore got the quoining wrong, the cornice wrong, the lintels wrong, the windows wrong — everything wrong, at least through the lens of preservation. | West 71st Street: Row Houses Gone Wild 2010-12-12T05:00:00Z

The buildings may be crumbling, their vaulted ceilings open to the sky, their cornices and pediments chipped, their floors cluttered with overturned statues and columns, but life itself hasn’t fled the scene. Hubert Robert, the painter for the ‘don’t go there, live there’ crowd 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

But most papered walls need a trim of some sort, especially those lacking a cornice, among them the dining room of my country house. A Fresh Take on Wallpaper Borders 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

Its spirit is Mediterranean with hints of Morocco, but in luxurious rooms replete with moldings, cornices and pilasters, in the Lowell Hotel on the Upper East Side. Nostalgia Tops the Menu of Fall’s Big Restaurant Openings 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

From the street, the building is a model of propriety and restraint, painted sky-blue and accented with chunky concrete door and window surrounds, romantic 19th-century coach lights, and a discreetly dentiled cornice. Robert Willson and David Serrano Open the Doors To Their Tropical Retreat in Mexico 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

They are bordered at top by a heavy, upward-sloping line—the plain cornice of the plywood wall—measuring time in shadow, and insinuating the city’s heft. Walker Evans’s Typology of the American Worker 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

The back story encouraged me to actually look up and take stock of the graceful arched windows and ridiculously detailed cornices stretching as far as I could see down lower Broadway. In the Pandemic Present, a Literary Tour of Greenwich Village’s Past 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

Look up before it gets dark: those are the North Shore Mountains looming over the faux cornice. 2010-02-12T04:18:00Z

At Kirkwood south of Lake Tahoe, the new E:K Discovery Series features three sessions designed to teach intermediate and advanced skiers to navigate cornices, bowls and chutes. 9 Things Every Skier Should Know This Winter 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

It has touches of former elegance: Corinthian columns, a toothed cornice. In California, Finding ‘Fat City’ With the Man Who Wrote It 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

Saint-George Yacht Club & Marina, on one side of the cornice and in the heart of Beirut, opened in the 1930s. Trip Tips: See and live history in Lebanon 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

There are children hanging from window sills and toddlers clambering on cornices. Dalston House: the building that lets you defy gravity 2013-06-26T06:00:04Z

Inspired by 19th-century Beaux-Arts proportions, the walls have simplified Classical cornices and dados, creating a sense of the grand, domestic proportions that were the original backdrop for many of these canvases decades ago. Metropolitan Museum Completes American Wing Renovation 2012-01-05T23:11:11Z

"In the cornices, you see designs for fruits and sweets and bowls and of baklava. The pattern also has a chunk of watermelon with a knife in it." A glimpse inside LACMA's hidden Damascus room before its 2016 debut 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Yanique makes it clear from the beginning that she is not interested in the framing and cornicing of realism. The Virgin Islands, Rewritten 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

The commission mentioned in its official rejection that the original design had been substantially altered, with historic windows replaced, the 1910 cornice removed and significant alterations made to the ground floor. Collector’s New Face-Off: Giant Nude Statue in Old Westbury 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

“It aims at the palatial and attains the sham-palatial,” the anonymous reviewer wrote, describing the projecting cornice as “huge, umbrageous, unmeaning, irrelevant” and characteristic “of the cheapest and vulgarest kind of tenement houses.” Streetscapes: Ring Around the Collar at 535 Park Avenue 2013-08-01T21:28:06Z

In Paris, it means restoring an old apartment to the Platonic ideal of Haussmannian grandeur and then bringing in contemporary furniture that somehow throws the plaster cornices and marble fireplaces into sharper relief. | Striking a Balance 2014-04-09T15:00:26Z

St. James’ 75-foot bell tower was scarred with fissures, popping bricks and pieces of cornice. Churches hold the answer to surviving a devastating California earthquake, Lucy Jones says 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z

Multicolored matte-glaze terra cotta in submarine blue and peach adorns the elaborate top story, main cornice and spandrel sections. Where to find the most stunning Seattle architecture, according to a historic preservationist 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z

Climbing Gabriel Peak in the North Cascades when a melting cornice “the size of a van” broke free and plowed down a gully minutes after Eames crossed below it. This Edmonds dad scaled Washington’s 300 highest peaks 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z

The blocky, six-floor brick rectangle is leavened by two vertical bays and is typical of warehouses of the time, the neighborhoods department noted, outlined by a strong “’base’, ‘middle’, and prominent cornice.” Seattle’s first carbon-positive hotel coming to Pioneer Square in 2024 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

The sudden shift means there will be a higher chance of wet snow avalanches and cornice fall, the Northwest Avalanche Center said, some of which could be “very large and destructive.” Avalanche warning issued for Cascade peaks as spring thaw begins 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

The likelihood of wet snow avalanches and cornice fall increase during this period, and “some of these slides will be very large and destructive,” NWA said online. Seattle weather forecast: Western WA’s warmest day of 2023 just ahead 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum. Seattle’s downtown Banana Republic store to become art space 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

There, he worked with the interiors’ existing volumes and decorative flourishes, painting gilded frames and cornices on the walls and ceilings that veered wildly off course. An Artist Who Encourages Visitors to Walk Over His Work 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

The distinctive copper cornice and bay window are a nod to Whyte’s business. Home to first Black woman with D.C. dental office lists for $5 million 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

Seeking the summit, Steidl saw snow cornices, rocks and a sharp drop-off. This Seattle running coach attempted to conquer all 5 WA volcanoes on foot in 5 days 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

Running along the edge, where the ceiling meets the walls is block cornicing, which Phramaha Prasert said was so that the temple remained "sympathetic to its Edinburgh location". We built a Thai Buddhist temple in an Edinburgh family home 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

The townhouses offer traditional styling on the outside, including porches, gables and cornices that fit in with the surrounding housing. D.C. townhouses away from the ‘hustle and bustle’ 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

Note the tag on the top cornice of the building, “D. Face and Daughters … Street Improvement Services since 1999” — designed to blend with the likely original signage of “Frank Duncan Shoe Finders and Footwear Distributors.” This colorful mural walk will take you through Pike Place Market and Belltown 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

So was rappelling down to work under the overhangs of the cornice. Wrapped Arc de Triomphe is Christo’s fleeting gift to Paris 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Another, smaller anchor was discovered nearby in 2018, with laboratory analysis revealing that the remains of its wooden stock were from a 15th-century tree in the Cantabrian cornice region of northern Spain. Conquistador ship anchors may have been discovered off Mexico 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

A couple of hours later, there was round two, a joint press conference with Niinistö under the cornices and crystal chandeliers of the east room. Trump's bizarre press day was a full-blown impeachment tantrum 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

Once at the top, Chudzinski and her team stopped on a cornice outside the attic as she took the lead dousing the flames, about 15 feet away. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than anybody knew 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

All the outside brick is being reformed and an exterior cornice that’s been damaged will be reconstructed using fiberglass, he noted. Former Galveston pump station to be a city community center 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

He told the hearing they were near its top when he tried to cut a hole through an overhanging cornice, but it broke off and triggered an avalanche. Ben Nevis avalanche death 'tragic accident' 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

If the cornice and roof of a house can be considered its hat, this one would hold its own against those worn at the Kentucky Derby and the fascinators at a royal wedding. A restoration worthy of a sturdy, stately historical house 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

An excavator ripped through the decorative cornices, arched windows, and bricks laid a century ago. Baltimore launches a push to demolish vacant buildings 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

"Leading up the snow slope to the summit was quite exciting, and as I pulled over the cornice at the top my foot slipped," she says. Peaky blinders: Celebrating Scotland's Munros 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Its characteristics include solid, square-shaped houses with low-pitched roofs, embellished with molded cornices and decorative brackets, and tall, narrow windows with ornate crowns. Gassaway-Feldmeyer House is a study in 19th-century Italianate architecture 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The rocks are piled high, like an ancient ruin; some have gathered moss and feature decorative elements like cornices or inscriptions by the builders. - The Washington Post 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Described by the historical trust as a “particularly fine decorative molded brick cornice,” the seven layers of exquisite brickwork include egg-and-dart, dentil and anthenium. A restoration worthy of a sturdy, stately historical house 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

Crews are fixing the building’s limestone walls and terra cotta cornice. Federal courthouse in Springfield getting $2.6M face-lift 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

I admire the shiny white floor tiles and fancy corniced ceilings but she is much prouder of something else. The crop that put women on top 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

When completed at the cusp of the Great Depression, the cottage was topped with a waving cornice made from the darker rocks that the family carried home in a wheelbarrow. One landmark survives on this West Seattle slope 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

When warmed by the sun, cornices can break. An Avalanche Sweeps Away a Snowboarder, but His Friends Rescue Him 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

The house’s architectural details reflect a Greek Revival style, most notably the cornice. A restoration worthy of a sturdy, stately historical house 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

Frosting on the project is the art - stained-glass windows, decorative cornices and other relics he’s collected over the years. Redevelopment spreads in downtown Omaha 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z

Across Concord Avenue, the lot faces brick townhouses with bracketed cornices. In a Changing South Bronx, Residents See New Jail as Step Backward 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

Some headstones are made of concrete or recycled materials such as a millstone or a masonry roof cornice. Volunteers create comprehensive map of Waco-area cemeteries 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Crouch said on Instagram that the cornice “pulled me backward into a slide.” An Avalanche Sweeps Away a Snowboarder, but His Friends Rescue Him 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Grants of $100,000 include Berkeley County to help repair cornice structures and belt courses, Boone County to replace concrete and work on a retaining wall and Brooke County to replace lighting with LED lighting. Grants awarded for West Virginia courthouse repairs 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

The other man also ran into the ravine and knocked off a cornice that triggered an avalanche. Snowmobiler killed in crash during guided trip in Wyoming 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

He also silver-leafed the cornice and moldings to boost the room’s architectural gravitas. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Holcomb house retains some of its original features, including a mansard roof, bracketed cornice and three-sided wraparound porch. Maryland house has remained in same family for nearly 50 years 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

But somehow, he ended up on a cornice — a bulge of snow sculpted by wind that bends over a ridge to form a ledge. An Avalanche Sweeps Away a Snowboarder, but His Friends Rescue Him 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

In October 2012, a cornice fell from the wall of the royal palace of Caserta, near Naples, causing part of the roof to cave in just a few feet from tourists. Tourist killed by falling masonry in famous Florence church 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

Columns were piled on pilasters, rusticated plinths groaned under heaving cornices and every junction was elaborated with a twiddly moulding. Rocket ships, eagles and wedding cakes: the Chicago contest that led to a skyscraper explosion 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

The vertical pilasters and wall paneling serve the classical imperative that the base and cornice be visually connected. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

The station, delicately designed with arched windows and an ornamental banding of colored tiles at the cornice, is probably the work of Daniel Huntington, then the city architect. Gleaming South Lake Union apartments stand on the site of an early Seattle dump 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

She also plans on trying to keep parts of the original house such as the fireplace in the first floor living room, the basement and a few of the remaining cornices on the roof. Arkansas spurs conflict between preservation, development 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

Grant Street was closed from Fourth Avenue to Forbes Avenue after the stone fell from the underside of a cornice on the Frick Building about 2:45 a.m. Stone from 115-year-old Pittsburgh building hits street 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

Coe kept its original skylights, which brought light into the space, but nixed an overly large cornice by the ceiling. This house used to look kind of like Darth Vader’s helmet. Look at it now 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Furthermore, the cornice moldings extended past the wall and onto the ceiling. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

A large cornice, though, loomed over the gully. A HISTORIC ADVENTURE
From Snoqualmie Pass to Canada in 34 days — on skis 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

The style combines symmetrical design with decorative elements such as intricately engraved doors and roof cornices. Arkansas spurs conflict between preservation, development 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

The room, opened in 1889 for the Universal Exhibition, drips with gilt cornicing and decoration and crystal chandeliers. Amid tight security, Emmanuel Macron becomes youngest French president, vows to fight terrorism 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z

Another route to the walkway is through downtown Poughkeepsie, a riverfront city whose Victorian houses and Main Street facades with ornate cornices speak of its prosperous past as a manufacturing center. Walking Over the Hudson: Lofty Valley Views Where Trains Once Rumbled 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

This room, he added, adheres to Wharton and Codman’s rule, though in an unpredictable manner, that rooms have a cornice and base for visual harmony. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Nearly completed, the exteriors of the townhouses are brick with corbeled cornices and steel window lintels and sills. On ABC news anchor’s former estate, expansive townhouses with Potomac views 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Here above the tracks, the building’s cornice reveals a shortage of symmetry. Seattle’s beefy Armour meat plant was razed to make way for the Second Avenue Extension 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

The removal of the cornice was then ordered by one of building inspector Place’s many successors. The Corgiat Building got off to a shaky start in 1900, then survived an earthquake — and everything else 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

A heavy cornice, since removed as an earthquake precaution, topped its four floors. Now & Then: There’s not much left of Seattle’s Flesh Avenue 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. Jayne added base molding, “but the way the paper’s painted, the sky acts as a cornice,” he said. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

He stepped under a boundary rope onto a cornice, which broke. Super-sniffer avalanche pooch to the rescue at Idaho ski area 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

“When we rebuild, we will maintain the existing cornice line and will also ensure the facades of the new commercial space are appropriate for the block,” Toll Brothers said in a statement. In Jewelers Row in Philadelphia, Condo Plan Worries Preservationists 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Once expanded to code, the walls soon reached their decorative cornice, where, centered above the Main Street facade, Corgiat’s name and the date, 1900, could be easily read from the street. The Corgiat Building got off to a shaky start in 1900, then survived an earthquake — and everything else 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Delicately sculpted from the red-rock cliffs, with classical columns and cornices, it looks like a storybook palace or a movie set—which it was, for “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” among others. The Real Adventurer’s Guide to the Ancient City of Petra 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

This is one of three Webster and Stevens Studio photographs of the charming flatiron, with its waving cornice. A Westlake Avenue triangle, one of several in the neighborhood, was home to Frederick & Nelson 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

From this quiet aerie, the lion heads along the cornice of the 23-story Peninsula New York Hotel, across West 55th Street, almost looked close enough to feed. Restoring a Cross High Above Manhattan, Stone by Stone 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Gaston Hall itself, with its elaborately painted walls, stained glass windows and wood cornicing is named after William Gaston, the college’s first student, who owned numerous slaves but also supported the abolition of slavery. Trying to atone, Georgetown University accused of excluding slave descendants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

It shows the building in its splendor, a confection of corniced rooftop and colonnaded window frames. Tattered Brooklyn Mansion Has a Blueprint for Rebirth 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z

Among its Georgian features are a detailed cornice, a gable roof, stone lintels with keystones above the windows and a classic arched pediment around the front door. Stately Georgian in Old Town Alexandria was home to Robert E. Lee’s uncle 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

The house was later expanded around 1879, and the front facade was made more elaborate by adding Victorian Italianate trim along the cornice. A historic, kid-friendly home in Georgetown 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

And the first-floor entertaining rooms in what was once one of the grandest private homes in Barcelona feature a mass of frescoes, murals, gilded walls, mosaics, marble columns, cornicing, carved paneling, and exquisite bas-relief sculpture. In Barcelona, Gaudí Meets Luxury 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Architectural features include Doric capitals, a cornice embellished with classical images, multi-pane windows, marble interiors and historic lighting fixtures. Tennessee Supreme Court building gets historic places marker 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

As I watched, the printer laid down a sliver of cornice. All the Food That’s Fit to Print 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

Chimneys are particularly vulnerable, as are parapets and cornices, the short walls and decorative ledges that run around some building tops. Earthquake report spurs retrofitting in Utah, Nevada 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Private donors are helping rebuild ancient heritage sites such as the Durbar Square in Patan, where carvers are painstakingly re-creating wooden cornices for the collapsed temples of Nepali kings. A year after Nepal’s devastating earthquake, Everest climbers return 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

Ornate stained glass windows, cornices, ramparts, balustrades and Potomac blue stone gave Eastern its grandeur. President Wilson and Marion Barry attended this Capitol Hill church. Now it could become condos. 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

Both have retained many of their original features such as panelling, cornices and staircases. Former Sex Pistols base is given Grade II* listed status - BBC News 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

What homey perfection hides behind each cornice and gable, bay window and ornate lintel? Wary of Prying Eyes Online, a Brooklyn Home Tour Calls It Quits 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

Instead, he details how two onlookers watch the cornice of a tower as a tall staff is fixed to it. Bones found at prison may belong to real-life Tess of the D'Urbervilles 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

He decides to skin up a mellow slope nearby, taking some measurements on a windblown cornice at the top before making tracks in the powder. Meet your local avalanche forecaster 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

Chipped bricks, dusty cornices, chunks of cornerstone and keystone. The Polaroids of the Cowboy Poet 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

After a falling cornice killed a Barnard College student, Mayor Edward I. Koch signed a law in 1980 that required facades of buildings taller than six stories to be inspected every five years. Engineer Accused of Failing to Assess Manhattan Building Where Falling Debris Killed Girl 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

A man walked into an elegant stone building on Capitol Hill on Monday, passing beneath a decorative cornice and between fluted columns, and soon walked out with money that did not belong to him. SunTrust Bank robbed on Capitol Hill 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

But its poor structural condition was exposed in 2012 when bits of its elaborate cornice began falling off after an especially harsh winter. Trevi fountain in Rome: Iconic monument renovated - BBC News 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

But at the insistence of the Maryland Historic Trust, period details such as pressed tin ceilings with egg-and-dart cornices were re-created. Gymnasium Condos: A Greek revival in Silver Spring 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

Our company specialized in restoring the Victorian “gingerbread” to the facades of the city’s townhouses, and I got pretty good at installing cornices, gable brackets, and window hoods, working high above the street. The Great Drought is upon us: Why California is America’s parched new normal 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

Among the highlights is a sweeping central staircase, capped by sumptuous cornices and a Baroque mural of Venus by Sir James Thornhill, who also painted the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Former Mayor Bloomberg Buys London Mansion for $25 Million 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

They all possess the family resemblances I’ve enumerated above, to do with slatted windows, cornices, open rooftops and red floors. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

But how does he manage to capture so much detail from the elaborate cornices of buildings, to shadows cast by the sun to the correct number of windows on a skyscraper? Drawing what our mouths cannot say - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Witanhurst’s décor was formal—walnut wall panels, cornices embellished with gold leaf—but it had some arriviste quirks. London’s Most Mysterious Mansion 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

Heavy sheets of lead were laid on the roof; sculpture, cornices and moldings were repaired or replaced; and the overall surface was shaved by stone masons to make it look like new. Interior of Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Remains a Hidden Jewel 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

He designed Elmhurst in the true Italianate style — a solid square shape with ornate features, such as arched windows, elaborate cornices and a belvedere, a square-shaped cupola. Plenty of sunshine to be found in this restored 1871 Italianate home 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Off to the left is the drawing room, with a marble and tile fireplace, cornice moldings and an elaborate ceiling rose surrounding a chandelier. House Hunting in ... Ireland 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

He said of the split boarders: "I genuinely believe these two guys weren't aware of the cornice hazard. It's too nice a day for bad things to happen." Man in shorts and deck shoes 'at risk of avalanche' 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Police were called Saturday evening after a man was spotted among the elaborate cornices atop the 19th century neo-Gothic building. UK Parliament tightens security after man climbs on roof 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

Left unattended, snow cornices can weigh tons and cause severe roof damage, particularly on the lee, or downwind, side where the windblown stuff accumulates, Fuller said. Man spends lonely winters as keeper of Yellowstone village 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

With the period features — cornicing, bare boards and fireplace — it’s more like an upscale vintage store than a functional storage area. Dreamy Retreats And Hideaways For One 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Earlier this month, five people escaped an avalanche caused by a cornice collapse on Ben Nevis. Warning about 'killer cornices' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

The Whitby was less distinguished though still impressive, with its three sturdy bays and rippling brick cornice. For 90 Years, the Whitby Has Been a Bastion for Broadway Performers 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

The gold-leaf cornices, which Capone imported from Italy, are still in place. Capone home languishes on the market 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

Many buildings are missing their decorative tops through decades of decay and neglect, followed by wanton destruction after a cornice fell from a Harlem townhouse in 1979 and killed a Barnard student. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

Habitat: Hangs motionless in feeble, untidy web on cornice or ceiling, but vibrates strands wildly to become a blur if disturbed. Hairy, scary and lethal: how dangerous are Britain’s household spiders? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

There were 18 recorded incidents of people falling through cornices last winter. Warning about 'killer cornices' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Hang drapes from a cornice or right up to the ceiling down to the floor and position them as close to the window as possible. 7 Window Treatments That Can Lower Your Energy Bills 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

The plane crashed at an elevation of about 9,900 feet on a 60-degree slope with a large cornice looming above the wreckage. Wyoming plane crash may not be reached for months 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

For some time, no townhouse renovation has been complete without a rebuilt cornice, and now the same goes for larger projects. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

The plane was reported missing Saturday and was found Monday at about 9,900-foot elevation on a 60-degree slope with a large cornice above it. Brothers on crashed plane in Wyoming presumed dead 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

He said that during a call-out on Saturday two members of the Lochaber team fell through a cornice - an overhanging edge of snow - and another was caught in an avalanche. Most snow in hills 'in 69 years' 2014-02-26T00:56:55Z

Being a Democrat does not mean passing up five freshly painted bedrooms, mahogany bedsteads and a denticulated cornice in the library. New York’s new mayor: By FDR’s book 2014-01-02T16:00:50Z

Or it could be Victorian - all about cornicing, bay windows and patterned brickwork. Which era of house do people like best? 2013-09-06T08:00:25Z

The cornice sits alongside a filigreed enclosure for the heating and cooling systems inspired by Walker’s detailed Deco work in the lobby. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

I was concerned: Are the windows going to align left and right and are the architectural cornices going to match? The Plaza Hotel Goes Into Hiding for a Face-Lift 2013-07-06T00:33:30Z

Christian Arcadio Cabanilla, 34, died in what appeared to be a snow cornice collapse on Sunday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said. Alaska heli-skiing guide killed in mountain accident 2013-03-04T23:56:47Z

He says some original items, like small pieces of the Edwardian cornice were restored, but much had to be replaced. In pictures: Town house's £1m revamp 2013-01-13T12:28:10Z

Back on their skis, facing down into the ski area and with their backs to Tunnel Creek, they spread across the ridge to stamp and destroy wind-swept cornices, small balconies of crusty snow. Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek 2012-12-20T20:56:48Z

The marching rows of doric columns, pedimented porticoes and dentilled cornices that define these imposing ranks of wedding-cake mansions have been joined by an unlikely addition to the classical architectural vocabulary. Billionaires' basements: the luxury bunkers making holes in London streets 2012-11-09T20:00:01Z

The good news is that there is shelter ahead; the bad news is that it’s on the other side of that corniced knife edge and still hours away. A Physicist on Everest: How Body and Mind Break Down at Elevation 2012-07-20T10:15:05.617Z

As president of the Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, Mr. Karp trundled about New York in a beat-up Jeep looking for gargoyles, capitals and cornices from buildings that had been torn down. Ivan Karp, Pop Art Dealer, Dies at 86 2012-06-29T04:22:58Z

It reveals that in a former life, his home was a charming clapboard with some design flourishes on the siding and a thick cornice at the top of the facade. The Appraisal: Once a Staple, Awnings Are Losing Their Appeal 2012-06-25T18:04:16Z

An adult male kestrel bringing a sparrow to his nest in a cornice on East 75th Street. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z

Respecting the colouring of cornices, a few words should be said. 1st. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z

Looking round, she saw that the sun had just dipped behind the long white cornice of the stately houses. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z

The epistylia were painted, and the cornice elegantly ornamented in a similar manner. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z

It was necessary to avoid treading on our frail cornice and no less important to keep near the edge. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z

Nonetheless, they face their own set of challenges, from glue traps and poisons to oblivious landlords who restore or remove cornices with nests. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z

In this case the cornice should be carefully coloured, and pale blue and white should prevail in it, but a little pure red must be present. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z

The palace, in external appearance, is a lofty and magnificent structure of red brick, with stone cornices and dressings. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z

The whole is surmounted by a rich arcaded cornice of white marble. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

The steepness of the Eastern slope was undeniable and forbidding and the edge of its junction with the South side was defined by a cornice. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z

He then flew over to his nest — a hole in the metal cornice of a brick building on Broadway and 70th Street — and deposited the meal for his mate. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z

Besides primary colours, none others need be used on the cornice. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z

Half a mile from the gate, rises conspicuously on the right of the road the Casino of Papa Giulio, with picturesque overhanging cornices and sculptured fountain. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

Again, the obtrusive ugliness of the skylights, rising clear above the sculptured cornices, can hardly fail to offend the eye, and suggests the idea of an encumbered or even an overloaded roof. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

And the two on Dominick Street, No. 34 and No. 36, were given Italianate cornices and other embellishments after the Civil War. City Room: Four New (Very Old) Landmarks 2012-03-28T20:24:35Z

A cornice fell from the Adam's building and killed them. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z

The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z

The front is modernized, but the east end displays rich terra-cotta cornices, and is very picturesque. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

The frescoes and cornices had not been touched, and I invited my kind old friend to an early dinner on the spot. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z

The streets were covered with discoloured, brownish snow; the snow on the roofs, window-sills, cornices, gate-posts, was of immaculate whiteness, apparently devoid of weight, smooth and neat, as though trimmed by some instrument. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z

The fronts were of pressed brick, relieved with Preston bands, window heads and cornices. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z

The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z

A massive cornice in these grounds is one of the few architectural fragments of ancient Rome existing on the Aventine. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

It was a gaunt Victorian room, with a heavy, dirty cornice, and the ceiling enriched by the radiant plaster ornament of an obliterated gas chandelier. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z

Madame de Sta�l," he began, with his eyes on the cornice, "was a woman of many and generous enthusiasms. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z

The woodwork snapped and sang in the blaze, and the great stones on the windows and cornices crumbled into fragments. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z

All Savannah mourned when, on April 6, 1889, firebrands tossed by the wind lodged on a cornice of the graceful steeple, too high to be reached. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z

A large mass of Corinthian cornice remains near the cella facing the Coliseum. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

It's Bob, my dear little flying-squirrel; I saw him on the cornice, but I thought he would fly to me. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z

The walls are ten feet high to the top of the lower cornice, and fourteen more to the upper one. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z

The inlaid surface of Boulle work is framed in by borders, cornices, or handles of brass or gilt bronze, giving a massive architectural character to the whole. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z

The first trial was made upon cornices, which thus assume the appearance of fine marbles; and there remain also in Carpi, of the same composition, two altars by the hand of Guido himself. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z

The entrance for the emperor was between two arches facing the Esquiline, where there is no cornice. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

Standing upon the orchestra, giddy, almost fearful to fall forwards into the great unlighted chaos, the windows looked like clouds themselves, and every pillar, tier, and cornice stood dilated in the unsubstantial space. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z

Above the cornice the roof sloped off so as to form an apex. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z

Mouldings for panelling, cornices, skirtings, &c., are cut by revolving cutters or chisels, filed to any desired shape and case-hardened. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z

The walls of the Senate chamber are sheathed quite up to the ceiling, in beautiful paneling, relieved by a massive cornice. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z

In 537, it was besieged by Vitiges, when the defending garrison, reduced to the last extremity, hurled down all the magnificent statues which decorated the cornice, upon the besiegers. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

A few minutes later the first rays of the sun began to gild the cornices of the tall buildings which towered above the Lincoln statue. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z

Long coloured garlands of fruit and flowers are held by nude boys reclining on the top of the arch and others standing on the cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z

The cadence seemed to hang in space, swinging like a spider, and unable to catch the cornice on the other wall. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z

The Wanton House, still pointed out in Thames Street, may be known by its ornamented cornice and general air of superior condition. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z

The balustrades and cornices of the whole mass of buildings flamed with gilded images of arms and horses. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

He discovered that there was a ledge or narrow cornice running around the house just on the end of his floor. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z

The giant knitted his brows, and, staring at the cornice, whistled. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z

The entablature is surmounted by a denticulated cornice, and the pediment is relieved by an oblong shield. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z

The six doors are the same, and the walls and the elaborate roof and cornices are pure white, the projections being "picked out" in a pale shade of brown, hardly darker than amber. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z

The porphyry pillars at the entrance, supporting a richly sculptured cornice, were probably set up in their present position when the temple was turned into a church. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z

But the hope was futile, for the slight cornice shrank away as it turned back till it was barely an inch wide. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z

Gilding, arabesques in colour, fretwork doors and panelling, and ceilings and cornices composed of small mirrors arranged so as to represent facets, are all decorative in the extreme. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z

Ever wonder about the difference between a cornice and a cornerstone? Bookshelf: Books on a Racial Attraction, a Religious Rejection and New York Architecture 2012-02-11T05:03:14Z

The lofty roofs and cornices are elaborately worked in plaster, and this is completely concealed by hundreds or thousands of mirrors set so as to resemble facets, so that roof and cornices flash like diamonds. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z

The several compartments are divided by gilded pilasters; the cornices, architraves, and friezes, are very pretty and tasteful; and in the inter-columniations are one or two triglyphs. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z

Let artists tell of its towers and finials, flying buttresses, gables, cornices, galleries, piers, fa�ades. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z

Each has a projecting cornice on the east side with carved niches, and the western face is covered with exquisite tracery in arabesques and knot-work, and inscriptions in early Arabic. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z

Between the pediment and the cornice a thick corded moulding is carried round the main building. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z

Each apartment has two rows of vaulted recesses in its walls, and very fine cornices above. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z

At one part you would find a smooth expanse of sand; at another, drifted heaps, fragments of rubble, brick and stone; at a third, larger blocks of stone, broken columns, chips of cornice and frieze. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z

I was told that in its original construction there was not a nail used; but lately some efforts have been made to smooth down the rough exterior by the addition of cornice and corner-boards. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z

The curtains, cornices, mantel-cloths, together with several screens and cushions—even the window blinds—are all exquisitely embroidered by her industrious fingers. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z

Above this comes a row of circular shields, adorned with intricate arabesques, while bands and wreaths of lilies are everywhere sculptured on the windows, balconies, tambours and cornices, adding lightness to the fabric. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z

Immediately beneath them is a small cornice or stringing course of Purbeck marble, which runs entirely round the body of the church, and supports the small marble columns which adorn the windows. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z

They watched blocks of marble and stone being chiselled into cornices, friezes and capitals ornamented with foliage and flowers, until, with despair in their hearts, they slowly returned to their mud huts in the plain. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z

If there were a ledge or cornice running under the window, he might attempt to creep along it and find a way of descent by a fire escape. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z

The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z

Facing the main entrance is a small open shrine, consisting of a cornice and dome upheld by four pillars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z

Below the cornice are human heads and heads of animals in alto relievo, and the walls are adorned with a double line of arches in the gothic style, the architecture light and elegant. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z

He cited two properties on Madison Street with vinyl siding covering their cornices. LIVING IN/Ridgewood, Queens: Ridgewood, Queens/Living In - Architectural Eye Candy 2011-12-30T22:12:23Z

Other escape there was none, save a cornice ledge extending half-way to his window; but it was too narrow to afford foothold. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z

Its cornices and door-cases were ponderous, and its furniture was heterogeneous, and presented the contrasts that might be expected in a broker's store. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z

In Greek and Roman temples the cymatium of the cornice was the gutter, and the water was discharged through the mouths of lions, whose heads were carved on the same. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z

Immediately above the arches resting on these columns, is a small band or cornice, which extends around the interior of the tower, and supports a most elegant arcade of interlaced arches. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z

I really believe if only Mr. Oxley here hadn't managed to strike his head on that cornice when he fell, both of us would have landed without a scratch. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z

Heavy, cosy-looking curtains depended from the window cornices, and the door itself was darkly draped. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z

The dusky light of evening fell upon these objects, and the many windows, the cornices, and the smokeless chimneys of a great old house. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z

Baker laced his classical Secretariat blocks with Mughal-style domes, cupolas and cornices. India Ink: New Delhi's Controversial Birth 2011-12-12T11:24:14Z

Above this elegant arcade is another cornice surmounted by six circular-headed windows pierced at equal intervals through the thick walls of the tower. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z

Look well at the door with its cornice of airy Cupids for ever playing Hide and Seek behind solemn urns and festoons of carven flowers. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z

In the end, a proctor's activities usually consist in preventing them of a Sunday from shouting too loud over games of indoor football, and at other times from blowing holes through the cornice with shotguns. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z

The metopes were the long series of square spaces which ran along the outer walls of temples between the upright triglyphs and the cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z

Stannard knew much about snow cornices and Deering wondered whether he could not have found some grounds for throwing off the rope and letting Jimmy venture on the dangerous overhang. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z

Several instances have been known of cornices having given way without a moment’s notice, and of life only having been saved through men being tied together. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z

Birds came and went, twittering on the cornice above their heads. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z

Between the columns are a number of statuettes, and the base and cornices are profusely adorned with bas-reliefs. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z

Reliefs from a cornice of somewhat later date are also to be found at the British Museum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z

For a time he made good progress along the cornice, and in the afternoon he reached the neck. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z

These cornices are frequently rolled round in a volute, and sometimes take most extravagant forms. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z

The chateau is an old and singular, but interesting building of red brick, with a green dome and white cornices, and enclosed by a circular wall flanked with turrets. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z

The central arch of the lowest gallery rises nearly to the cornice, and is decorated in a style which Contreras thought suggestive of Indian architecture. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z

On the frieze of the cornice is the inscription in bold granitic letters, the birth-place of Franklin. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z

One must use caution and could not go fast, but after a time a snow cornice began on one side. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z

We were obliged to go underneath the cornice, and to cut a way through the icicles. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z

Standing on the cornice at the top, the wind was so strong, it drove the snow horizontally. I Left My Job Because of Skiing 2011-11-02T18:21:25Z

The brooding cornices of the houses, visible against the strip of starry sky, rounded suddenly and closed in upon the passage. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z

Or, ventured upon a snow cornice and been dashed to pieces upon the rocks below. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z

We prowled the campus in search of trees, slopes and cornices that matched the photographs and Leach’s memory. No True Sense of History Without a Sense of Place 2011-10-22T18:42:25Z

The last 300 feet of the ridge followed were exceedingly sharp and narrow, with a great cornice, from which huge icicles depended. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z

I couldn’t see enough to know if he was moving as I stood, tips hanging over the cornice, wind ripping at my cheeks. I Left My Job Because of Skiing 2011-11-02T18:21:25Z

On the top of the cornice with the blush lights of the City of Love upon her, stood a girl. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z

No marble sculpture may adorn its niches and cornices; but angel forms shall walk its battlements in robes of living glory. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z

He came in, and stood as if he were stuffed in the middle of the room, his eyes fixed on the cornice. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z

Neither could its sculptured cornice; its clerestory windows; its upper range of columns, supporting demi-angels playing on musical instruments; its moulded roof crossed by transverse beams, enriched in the interstices with sculptured ornaments, be distinguished. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z

Seven elegant pinnacles stand on the rather heavy cornice, forming a good set off to the campanile, which, surmounted by a brick spire, is a landmark in the district. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

There are gilded cornices over each window, with neat summer curtains, and also over the chiffoniere recess. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z

Cavetto, ka-vet′to, n. a hollowed moulding whose curvature is the quarter of a circle, used chiefly in cornices. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z

On the cornice, just over the capitals, sits on either side a figure, with a trumpet in one hand, and a palm in the other, representing Fame. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z

He sat there smoking his cigar and looking up at the cornice while Mrs. Dolphin delivered herself of a series of questions. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z

Constructed of stone, with a red brick dog-tooth cornice and twenty-four brick arches, supported by white marble pilasters forming an arcade into which the exterior is divided, a most pleasing effect is obtained. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The restored part of the cornice also contains:— 17.Lion's head. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

I think he must have gone up to the front, where the cornices join, and crept and balanced along the little ledge behind them, as I do. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z

A little farther, on the same cornice, on each side of a compass-pediment, lie a lion and a unicorn, the supporters of the royal arms of England. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z

A glazed terra-cotta frieze runs just below the cornice line, the Greek meander pattern in blue and white evoking the sense of an ancient monument, like something unearthed at Bronze Age Knossos. | Orchard Beach, the Bronx: Streetscapes | A High-Minded Pavilion at Orchard Beach in the Bronx 2011-09-22T21:41:59Z

The medallions and figures which adorn the exterior are extremely good, and the frieze and cornice are equally so. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

At each angle are casts of lions' heads, which in the absence of casts from the originals have been taken from the cornice of the archaic temple at Ephesus. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

Round the cornice are noble enrichments of trophy work, sword, the king's arms, cap of maintenance, &c., at the angles, four very large dragons, the supporters of the city arms. An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 2011-09-22T02:00:23.960Z

To the left the ledge shrank to a cornice actually not over six inches wide. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z

Then Polly began hoisting it slowly, until its end came over the cornice. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z

The great palace of the Bentivoglio family, where many celebrities have lodged, has a heavy stone cornice and baroque decoration on its vast brick sides. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The surface of the marble on the neck having been protected from weather by the cornice retains its original polish. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

Another moment and Belle had clambered over the cornice and was stretched out breathless on the roof. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z

Bricks, rubbish, lime, fell on those who were sitting in the windows, at the port-holes, on the fragments of the inside cornices, at the pigeon-holes, through which they were firing at the besiegers. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z

Note corbel of overlapping bricks which stops cornice. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z

A massive cornice with a circular pattern is on the wall above, and the empty sockets placed at regular intervals, which one sees below it, presumably held the stone that formed the roof. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

According to Carrey the left arm of this figure was raised so that the hand projected beyond the cornice. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

Does the Hand write in strange characters on the cornice of the hall where the Court is reveling? The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z

Not many of the trees were of great beam, but their consistent height, with the lianas in a wreck from the far overhanging cornice, dwarfed our boat to an unimportant straw. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z

Such bricks were usually lighter in color than the run-of-the-mill bricks, and were employed on cornices, belt or string courses, quoins at the corners of buildings, and the heads and jambs of openings. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z

A third follows the line of the gable under a heavy cornice. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The reliefs, of which casts are preserved in the British Museum, formed a frieze immediately below the cornice on each side of the tomb. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

Yet, as she spoke, the light left the window and hung on the cornice above—it was the moon and not a lamp that had made it. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z

Occasionally we brushed a projecting spray, or a vine pendent from a cornice. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z

For all that, the style of the original building may be said to be Transitional, with Georgian details, like modillions in the cornice. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z

These form galleries diminishing in length as they rise one above the other to the horizontal cornice at the top. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The central group on the cornice with the combat of a Centaur and Lapith is composed of the following fragments. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

It has not the splendour of Chambord, but it has a greater antiquity, and an incomparably finer situation, which displays its coiffed towers and their m�chicoulis and cornices in a manner not otherwise possible. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z

Ah Sing's grog-shop, with its colonnades and porticoes and fussy gables and fantastic cornices terminating in pigtail curlicues, was a squalid place for all the ornamentation cluttered on it. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z

However, with the front wheels of the substructure on the very brink of the cornice, the Sea Eagle came obediently to a standstill. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z

A rich balustrade and projecting cornice adorn the top. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The following fragments have also been inserted in the restored cornice:— 11.Head of youth, to the left, with short hair. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

At Beverley, however, the level cornice above the canopies which we see at Manchester is wanting, except at the west end. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z

Perhaps if he were to re-enter that hall of the banquet he would still hear as an echo among the cornices and under the vaults, "Traitor! traitor!" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z

He dropped his head back, stared at the cornice, and said with the soft malignity of a clever person dealing with the slow-witted. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z

The cornice is deeply cut with animals and foliage, a porcupine and a hare being among the former. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The following are the principal fragments, from the cornice, not inserted in the restoration:— A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

Hebrew inscriptions also occur, and the carved work of the cornices and capitals is rich though debased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z

Plaster cornices still gather the dust of years. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z

The facades of the proposed five- and six-story buildings, Mr. Abramson said, would be broken up with architectural elements like cornices, lintels, different-colored brick and brick patterns influenced by existing and historic Morristown architecture. Square Feet: A Suburban Town Sees Housing Where Retail Rules 2011-08-17T02:09:28Z

Semicircular chapels in the aisles break the monotony of the lower portion of the exterior; while the upper is rendered less severe by the pointed clerestory windows, a dripstone and string-course, and a good cornice. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

They are attached to plinths which were let into the upper surface of the cornice, and are cut out of single blocks, a few small pieces of marble being separately attached. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

In Greek temples the water from the roof passed through the mouths of lions whose heads were carved or modelled in the marble or terra-cotta cymatium of the cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z

Then many of those who had not yet begun to climb the hill turned and fled; but others rushed upwards and rapidly approached the cornice of rocks whence the heavy firing issued. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z

The cornice rested upon three figures—of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and the rest of the structure was covered with dexterous carving, circular-headed panels, and strangely wrought emblematical devices. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z

The dull yellow tufa with which it is faced and the embattled cornice and buttresses give it a decidedly eastern appearance. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The back of the head is worked in a peculiar way, to a plane surface, such as might be required if this was a head from a pediment, on account of the cornice above. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z

In the cornices the chattering of sparrows and swallows began. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z

On the summit the hill is level, and round about its crest runs a cornice, to use an architectural term, of great rocks, which we call a "krantz" in the Africander language. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z

The room was panelled, with cornices of heavily carved work, in which flowers and grotesque faces were strangely intermingled, and a row of black-looking portraits stared mournfully at me from the walls. The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z

Four grotesque Norman waterspouts break the string course between the cornice and a beautiful flat arcade under the arches, on which are half-length figures of saints and bishops. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z

The Porch has a fine groined vault, with fan tracery, and a rich parapet and cornice. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z

On the first floor of the same pavillon the window, framed with delicate ornaments, opened above a cornice, the principal sculptural subject of which was a nude woman, helmeted, suckling two children. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z

Among other dangers that the mountaineer has to reckon with are ice avalanches and cornices. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z

Sixteen white columns, four on each side, supported a splendidly friezed architrave and cornice, above which, on each side, was a frontispiece, with passages in the life of Columbus figured in bas-relief. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z

Fragments of inscriptions, of carved mouldings and cornices, marble pillars and antique fountains, are met with in every courtyard. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z

And week after week, with incredible velocity, there arose on the violated earth the huge foolish cages of brick and mortar, pierced with square holes, surmounted with sham cornices, encrusted with shameful stucco ornaments. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z

Over the tomb, six columns of grey Dinant marble, crowned with Corinthian capitals, support an oval marble cornice with richly carved and gilt consoles of wood. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z

A cornice is a mass of snow projecting over the edge of a precipice, and resting upon empty space. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z

The tower measures 86 feet in height, and 26 feet in diameter at the level of the first entire course, the diameter under the cornice being only 15 feet. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z

Ceilings, walls, and cornices were ornamented in stucco in shallow relief. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z

A wreath of lucernes beautifully ornamented, through which the blue sky peeped and swallows building their nests flew in and out, formed as it were the jewel in the architecture of the cornice. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z

Fret-work and hexagonal points frame the windows, while a broad cornice on consoles carries the roof. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z

Its cornice, attributed to Simon Pollajo, is the most beautiful known to modern times. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z

The chain, and that which it supported, depended from a solid bolt let into the rock, but the latter overhung it in a cornice or lip, which projected nearly half a yard. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z

By the third century there were 400 temples in Rome, but the simple form of the early buildings was hidden with excessive ornamentation, and frieze and cornice were loaded with carving and figures. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z

A tiny thread of water trickled down a well-worn channel, and from every cornice and cranny trailed a profusion of the most delicate maiden-hair ferns. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z

But what particularly struck the friends was the brilliant beauty of the arabesques that covered the ceilings, and the exquisite chiselling of the cornices, and the framework of the windows. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z

It possesses besides a deep cornice of marble, supported by brackets of the most elaborate design. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

The M.T.A.’s proposed design is lower in height than the surrounding row houses and lacks a continuous cornice line. City Room: M.T.A. Plant for Greenwich Village Finds It Hard to Blend In 2011-06-15T20:59:08Z

The ceiling of the auditorium is superbly frescoed and the cornice is adorned with medallions of Shakespeare, Haydn, Schiller, Goethe, Dickens, Handel, Scott, Longfellow, Mozart, Tennyson, and Beethoven. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z

Hear her, oh, hear her!" screamed the lawyer, appealing to the cornice, "if that is not upright and downright insanity, show me a maniac in Bedlam. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z

Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z

There were dumb, paralysed men, who stood helplessly and hopelessly beneath cornices and chimneys that toppled over and crushed them. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z

We now came to a great palace which seemed built of ebony, with foundations, doors, and cornices of bronze. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z

Its size is 90×120 feet, ground plan, and four stories in height, or seventy-one feet from lower floor to cornice. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z

I have no doubt I shall find them along the cornice when I hang the pictures on that side of the room. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z

A dark cornice in an interior may appear to be unsupported if the walls below are light in color, without any apparent vertical supports for the cornice. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z

Ruth and Agnes would not hear to his helping trim the tree; but it was Neale’s agility that made it possible for the rope of green to be festooned from the heavy ceiling cornices. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z

This, too, was corniced, and in a remarkable way. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z

A mosque is built against its wall, and the cornice is built on by the storks, but the temple still preserves much of beauty. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z

Since twelve o'clock last night I have been carrying on existence without either frieze or cornice, and, like the tower of Babel, I have no cupola. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z

They had spared nothing, neither columns, nor cornices, and my poor little friend was as yellow as a canary. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z

The central window, with elaborate blinds and lateral sashes, carried up the outline of that ponderous wooden portico to the still more ponderous cornices on the roof. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z

At the beginning and at the end, the cornice hung out to the right; in the middle, a reversed section of it overhung the abyss on the left. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z

The next room was 14 feet by 8 feet, and the remains of a cornice held on to the outer wall. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z

Hence, I think the propped machicolations of the Palazzo Vecchio and Duomo of Florence far grander headings than any form of Greek cornice. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z

The capital was small and simple, and the architrave, frieze, and cornice were rather plain and massive. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z

It consists of three principal divisions—the architrave immediately above the abacus of the column, next the frieze, and then the cornice. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z

I was on a needle peak that rose so abruptly that even cornices cannot build out very far on it. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z

The 12-story Postal Telegraph structure is of precise gray brick, with a deeply recessed entryway, attractive carving in terra cotta and unusual recessed loggias under a projecting cornice at the top floor. | City Hall Park: A Long-Running Mismatch 2011-03-25T09:00:26Z

She lay back on the cushions an instant, with her chin up and her eyes on the window cornice. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z

It was a gorgeous studio, with a coved ceiling painted in fresco and a rococo plaster cornice, the walls hung with old tapestry, eastern stuffs and other "properties." Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z

The Lady of the Lake stood barefooted on the keystone and held up the cornice. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z

The windows lighting these chambers come immediately above the cornice, and the wall continues above them again. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z

The landscape of mostly single-family homes has a pleasing uniformity about it, enhanced especially by the row houses whose alternating round and squared-off bays, topped by colorful cornices, create an eye-catching tableau along 73rd Street. | Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: You?ll Notice There?s a Bridge 2011-03-11T18:51:45Z

Way up, the cornice cut the blue with its dark line. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z

I to the hills will lift mine eyes, Where mantling cloud or cornice clings, To catch a glimpse of paradise, And turn again—to little things! Songs of the Prairie 2011-03-05T03:00:26.390Z

He hooked the ladder to the broad cornices of each floor above him and ran up it like a cat. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z

Rare old paintings adorned the wall, and the cornices were fretted with gold. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z

Then there came a short troublesome bit of snow scramble, where the heaped-up cornice had fallen back from the final rock. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z

Numerous plates illustrate details of doors, windows, mouldings, cornices, porches, etc. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z

A trooper caught his huge cavalry spurs in the meshes of a lace curtain in one of the parlors and brought down cornice, lambrequin, and all with a crash. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z

It had the high wainscots, the broad staircases, the carved cornices, and all the other blessed old peculiarities of the age in which it was built, which we irreverently have improved away. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z

If I remember aright, the ceiling and cornice are very dark, and the wall-paper is a dismal green, patched with a gold fleur-de-lis, and it has been on too long to be healthy.' Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z

Domes were noble, loggias elegant, pilasters decorative, cornices well proportioned, ceilings splendid. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z

Then there is a gap in the building, and from the large number of fragments of marble lying at the bottom of the well we concluded that the frieze and cornice had fallen out. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

During the interim he sat on top of a ladder and dabbed contentedly at a scroll-work cornice with a small red paint brush. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z

He shot forth a long arm to seize the overhanging rock cornice and drag his body over the ledge. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z

Public soup houses, Café Temperance——The house is sixty feet high and the cornice is crumbling——They hate me——they hate me because I rob them of liberty. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z

So the last minutes of the afternoon passed but the sunshine still reddened the cornices of the houses across the street when she rose to put away the tea-things. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z

The pediment, or rather its upper outline, is still in its place, clear of the architrave, and built into the rock so as to remain without its supporting cornice. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

The capitals and the cornice which surmounts them are richly ornamented with sculptured foliage, and, so far as it goes, the whole effect is one of liberality and luxury of treatment. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z

No one, to be sure, had sought to frighten them, and all day long they had fluttered about from side to side, perching on cornices or on green plants. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z

It was a funny thing to call one's father, she remembered thinking at the time, and did not seem to have any connection with the cornice. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z

The look on my face must have betrayed my disappointment because he added hastily: "I'm in bathroom fitments, not ornamental cornicing, or anything." Harry Pearson: The art of ruling oneself out 2011-02-04T00:06:00Z

Massive pilasters with heavy cornices, tall, deep windows, huge doorways, and flat roofs, are the distinguishing features of this style of building. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z

There are still a few unoccupied niches and cornices, which some day may yet be peopled with other figures as gaunt. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z

On the ceiling was the 'Stave,' which exists in the coat-of-arms of the House of Este, and along the cornices friezes were formed of musical instruments carved in the wood. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z

Some columns, a piece of the heavy wall, sections of lintel, pediment, and cornice still stand. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z

Brush the dust off the cornice and over the doors and windows. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z

Further decoration is found in a panel beneath the cornice ornamented with various designs, such as a horn of plenty, floral subjects, or classical scenes. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z

In many of those old mansions, grand in proportion, elaborate with cornice, there was nothing but famine. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z

There were three doors opening into spacious rooms, and each was uncarpeted and undraped, save for the grey webs which drooped from the cornice, and rosettes of lichen which had formed upon the walls. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z

Between the two windows, as all around the room, was a wainscoting of varnished wood, topped at a height of six feet by a cornice. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z

Two shots sounded simultaneously, and when the smoke had cleared away, there was neither arquebuse, nor arquebusier—nor yet the cornice of the wall, to be seen. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z

The top shows the usual eagle decoration, though the cornice is overhanging, fixing the date of manufacture early in the nineteenth century. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z

"Nothing could be more distinct; it amounts to demonstration," he said, raising his head, putting his hands into his trousers-pockets, and looking slowly round the cornice. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z

They saw what we saw at the same time, a whole block of capitals and cornices falling to the ground and more flames rising in angry pillars of fire. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z

Above the cornice was the plain plastered wall. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z

Two pieces of cornice like those along the Yankee Stadium roof are positioned near the first- and third-base lines. Challenge for Yankees: Capturing a Life in a Patch 2010-07-15T02:22:00Z

The overhanging cornice came into vogue early in the nineteenth century. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z

They walked through the Art Nouveau district, and she pointed to the tortured stone faces in the cornice of the law school. Salvatore Scibona: “The Kid.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z

Here, light slivers through the open cornices, the cavernous walls cool your skin, and time seems to slow. | Astoria: The East River?s Mediterranean Village 2010-05-20T20:28:00Z

Using one of the iron dogs as a chisel, Patrice broke down the cornice and lifted the first board. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z

The crane slowly tipped and hit the building’s decorative cornice, knocking terra cotta tile and brick to the sidewalk but causing no structural damage, he said. Operator?s License Suspended After Crane Falls 2010-03-29T03:20:00Z

It is about a foot and a half in length, its frame of gilt surmounted by a cornice and gilt pineapple, with claw feet. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z

Bold cornices and brick facades glow in the twilight. Complaint Box | They're Stealing My Sky 2010-03-12T19:53:00Z

The team had new sheet metal fabricated for the cornices. Solving a Mystery Covered by 137 Years of Paint 2010-02-24T23:43:00Z

I came at length to a place where the edge was solid ice, which rose to the level of the cornice, the latter appearing as if merely stuck against it. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc.

The kitchen dresser may be made of the usual shape, though the cornice seems superfluous, as it is too high for anything but dust to rest upon it. Household Organization

From the ceilings, corniced with fretted gold, great chandeliers hung, one of which, it is said, was so large that it contained one thousand and eighty-four lamps. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I)

It’s taking our treetops and cornices and sky. Complaint Box | They're Stealing My Sky 2010-03-12T19:53:00Z

“We were able to save 30 percent of the 34 Greene Street cornice,” Mr. Allen said. Solving a Mystery Covered by 137 Years of Paint 2010-02-24T23:43:00Z

The edges were overhung with fretted cornices, from which depended long clear icicles, tapering from their abutments like spears of crystal. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc.

Mottoes in old English character, which is similar to the German Gothic type used in Switzerland, form an appropriate decoration to the cornice of the room. Household Organization

In the Guadagni palace at Florence, by S. Pollajuolo, there is a third storey, consisting of an open gallery, which gives the depth of shadow otherwise afforded by the projecting cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

Battlements were originally military, but were afterwards used freely in ecclesiastical and civil buildings by way of ornament, on parapets, cornices, tabernacle work, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis

Will the cornices last 137 years, the way the originals did? Solving a Mystery Covered by 137 Years of Paint 2010-02-24T23:43:00Z

I had descended with extreme slowness and caution for some time, when looking over the edge of the cornice I saw a row of pointed rocks at some distance below me. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc.

If the cornice is not already "picked out," as the decorators term it, in colour—that is, delicately tinted in distemper—it should be done, as it is a great improvement. Household Organization

But instead of the lintel the arch has been introduced, and the ornament in stucco representing the Persian cavetto cornice shows imperfect knowledge of the original and is clumsily worked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

To make out he came forward and leaned over the stone cornice at the end of the railings, with Elsie on one side of him and Harriet Caw on the other. Deep Moat Grange

The harmony spread over the whole becomes more conspicuous when contrasted with the dark shadows occasioned by the projecting drip of the cornice; above, the magnificent pediment crowns the whole. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2

The ladder was placed from ledge to cornice, both of its ends being supported by snow. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc.

This quantity of material is sufficient to tint every cornice in the house. Household Organization

The cornices, string courses and lintels of the doors of these tombs of the 4th and 5th centuries, are enriched with carving, showing strong Byzantine influence, though probably due to the employment of Greek artists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

As the Georgian details were developed, the gable-roofed dormer was used with the cornice moldings of porches and door frames. Remodeled Farmhouses

The chert beds are very hard, and where the strata are horizontal, as above the Undercliff, project like a cornice at the top of the cliff. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight

A groove ran between the ice and snow, and along this groove I marched until the cornice became unsafe, and I had to betake myself to the ice. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc.

Corbel Table.—A row of corbels supporting an overhanging parapet or cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

The walls are in red brick, the decorative portions, consisting of superimposed pilasters with mullioned and transomed windows, cornices and gable end, all being in stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

After the cornices and the wainscoting were restored, the woodwork, including the encased beams in the ceiling, was painted white. Remodeled Farmhouses

Perhaps the finest piece of the Upper Greensand is Gore Cliff above Niton lighthouse, a great vertical wall with the cornice of dark chert strata overhanging at the top. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight

Going on to the old Cathedral Square, we faced the ancient Exchange with its splendid cornice and decorations of medallion heads of the bygone kings and warriors of Aragon. Glories of Spain

The gables are crowned by a deep and heavy cornice of moulded brick and the openings are grouped with but little skill. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

These columns carry an architrave, frieze richly sculptured with figure subjects, cornice and wall above rising to the roof. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

The original wainscot with its molded cap divides the wall surface in an agreeable proportion, and the rather heavy cornice moldings at the ceiling line relieve the emphasis of the great beams. Remodeled Farmhouses

At a height of about forty feet, occurs a beautiful stalactite cornice from which starts a noble dome, or "Artesonado" ceiling, most ingeniously made in inlaid wood, and gorgeously decorated. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country.

Above the doorway is a very effective cornice and above that an admirable rose window: altogether a rare example of the Italian Romanesque. Glories of Spain

It rises by successive stages, each taller than the last, each stage being marked by a rich brick cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

Moreover, the classic style lent itself more readily to the horizontal lines given by string courses, cornices and ranges of windows, which naturally exist in dwelling-houses on account of the various storeys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

The pediment and cornice were then extended into the open porch that is one of the splendid features of the Georgian style. Remodeled Farmhouses

The frames of the looking-glasses and the cornices of the curtains were also of rosewood, ornamented with similar raised work of silver gilt. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6

He was up on the roof of the Continental Fire Insurance building, out on the cornice, and looked down on the procession. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl

Telling, simple, and graceful, this building owes its effect chiefly to its well-designed openings and a characteristic brick cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

The Corinthian order is employed for the ground and first storeys and an attic storey above, in which the pilaster capitals run into the bedmold of the upper cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

Here in cornice and capital was a field for the development of all the most delicate and beautiful motives of classic carving. Remodeled Farmhouses

And all these windows were elaborately draped in a would-be Renaissance style, with many loops and festoons, and with big gilt cornices above. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel

Suddenly he stood facing her, his arms folded as Cavanaugh had seen him stand studying the masonry he was building, an arch, a pillar, or cornice. The Cottage of Delight A Novel

A deep and elaborate cornice now crowns the whole, but it was originally designed to add a high-pitched roof or a spire as a terminal. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

The second storey, also octagonal, was set back sufficiently to allow a passage round, and this was crowned by a similar stalactite cornice and balustrade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

The window casings, like the door frames, were at first entirely plain and then had a heavier band across the top which developed into a molded cap or cornice, as at the entrance. Remodeled Farmhouses

The house is a very fine building, built of brick, with free-stone cornices, window caps, &c. My First Campaign

The ceiling was begrimed with smoke and dirt, cobwebs not only decorated the cornices and the carved figures on the chimneypiece, but much of the panelling on the walls themselves was cracked and broken. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance

Like the Riccardi, it is of three storeys, with a bold projecting cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

The treasury of the Cnidians at Delphi was Ionic, judging by the carved ornament enriching the cornice and architraves, and in the Naxian votive column we have another early example of an early voluted capital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

The moldings about the frame and over the mantel are unusually fine for this type of house; the support of the heavy mantel shelf and the carved dentils in the ceiling cornice are especially interesting. Remodeled Farmhouses

On its external front one of these galleries may have a cornice and half-pillars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"

Full-length copper gutters are incorporated into the eaves and project approximately six inches above and beyond the cornice. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia

It is very lofty, and has a great height of unpierced wall over each storey of windows, and is crowned by a bold and highly-enriched cornice—an unusual thing for Rome. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

There are three storeys to the building, subdivided horizontally by string courses, and terminated with a fine cornice carrying a balustrade, and vertically by a series of pilasters of the Corinthian order. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

Whether it is well placed and rightly proportioned, whether it has a proper overhang, good roof lines, and adequately supported cornice, affects to a very great extent the style and character of the house. Remodeled Farmhouses

At the tip of the low cornice is a weatherbeaten bird house, a miniature Greek Parthenon, where the wrens built their nests. Hempfield A Novel

Identical plain wooden cornices are used on the front and rear of the two wings of the house. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia

The main cornice is a kind of compromise between an Italian and a Gothic treatment. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

All 390 the churches are built in fine ashlar masonry, with moulded archivolts and architraves to doorways and windows, and moulded string courses and cornices of simple design. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

Its flat pilasters and well-proportioned cornice illustrate the restraint and refinement in the work of even the average builders. Remodeled Farmhouses

A Romanesque modillion carved with a human head, under the cornice. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album

The entire room has a cornice molding of stained wood, matching the paneling used for the stairs, the fireplace, and the built-in cabinets flanking the fireplace. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia

Pilasters, cornices, and panels are executed in cut bricks, and for arches, niches, and window heads very finely jointed bricks are employed. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

The archivolts of the great arches on each side of the octagonal court consist of architrave, frieze and cornice, copied from the arch of the propylaca at Baalbek or other Roman work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

There was one other part of the exterior which developed interesting characteristics to be observed in the remodeling: that is, the cornice of the roof. Remodeled Farmhouses

A Romanesque modillion carved with a human head, under the cornice. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album

Bedroom walls have plain plaster finish and plain wooden baseboards, no cornices, and no chair rail. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia

It is divided into the architrave, which rests on the columns, the frieze and the cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

Then there's the drill of building a chain—making a line of ladders from the roof to the street—and getting from the upper window out over the cornice. An Amateur Fireman

Here we may have the same details and the same proportions as in the cornice of the roof, or the fireplace within. Remodeled Farmhouses

The saddleback roof rests north and south on a cornice supported by modillions. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album

The cornice in the living room is of cypress wood. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia

The strongly-marked horizontal lines of cornices, arcades, &c., the moulded gables, the great wheel-window set in a square panel, and the use of marble of various colours, are all points to note. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance

The converging lines of the lower cornice of the buildings, of the curbs and of the lamp posts, carry the eye forward to this motif and to the fa�ade of the court house. Down Town Brooklyn A Report to the Comptroller of the City of New York on Sites for Public Buildings and the Relocation of the Elevated Railroad Tracks now in Lower Fulton Street, Borough of Brooklyn

The cornice should follow the detail of the entrance door or the house cornice; and it is effective and increases the apparent unity to repeat the decoration of the one on the other. Remodeled Farmhouses

The cornice is supported by modillions carved with rough human heads or molded in quarter-round. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album

单词	cornice
例句	cornice A cornice was merely a horizontal decorative projection. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Out of the sky he drops to a cornice beam with mortal voice telling me not to weep. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood on her toes and tentatively felt along the top of the cornice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Roguish fauns and naked nymphs peeked down at Billy from festooned cornices. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The figures on the cornice symbolize the mathematical sciences, with Urania, the muse of astronomy, in the centre. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She followed the wall, seeking another option, and found a stone cornice bearing a statue of Kerch’s three flying fishes within reach. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The walls and ceilings were peppermint, and here and there, you’d see a bit of fishing net, or a rotted piece from a boat stuck up high near the cornicing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A single billboard, mounted on the cornice of the building across the alley, dominates the view; its surface gleams three yards beyond the glass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Banners and flags and gonfalons suddenly bellied from every cornice, a huge red banner unscrolled along the full length of the Machinery Building, and the canvas slipped from Big Mary’s gold-leaf shoulders. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Now, American flags hung from the gate’s cornices in honor of the World’s Fair. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Some of the stores were old with graceful eaves and cornices; others had been modernized or sterilized with plate glass windows and neon; still others were new. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When Lopsang saw that Hansen was faltering, he held up his own descent long enough to make sure Doug and Rob made it safely across a dangerously corniced area just below the top. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A gray bird flew above them, above the electric wires for the streetcar line, and perched on the metal cornice of a roof. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z One critic praises not only the show but the entresol itself, admiring the lack of “high class decor,” no plush drapes or gilded cornices, as in the rest of the gallery. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We had to haul the sledge up and over each knife-edged or fantastically corniced top, then slide her down, and up over the next one: for they never seemed to run parallel to our course. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As a result, architects relied on old and dangerous habits, such as substituting wood for stone and decorating their buildings with wooden awnings, cupolas, and cornices. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z She could just make out the top two floors of the Griffin Building, with its white cornices that blazed in the sunlight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She used these to recast the 19th-century cornices and ceiling roses. Setting the scene: a home with a dramatic flourish 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Here’s just a fragment from one of hers: “a meridienne, banquette, pouf, ottoman, ear, stile, cross rail, stretcher, cross stretcher, crinoline stretcher, cornice, top rail, diamond point.” For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z And adding features like mullioned windows, a three-story porch and cornices made to match the one surviving original. Personal Journeys: A Twist on the B&B in Wales 2011-05-06T20:15:17Z Edward Burns lately has been looking here, there and everywhere when he strolls the city: at stoops, windows, cornices, railings. For ‘Public Morals,’ Edward Burns Exhumes the ’60s From Manhattan Streets 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The details are stunningly real—an old chandelier flickers with light, miniature trousers hang on a frayed clothesline, a tiny bird’s nest is burrowed in a charred cornice. An Artist’s Obsession with the Ruins of His Homeland 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Along with 828, with its three-story limestone base, metal cornice and terra-cotta details, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering six other historic buildings along Broadway just south of Union Square. The Battle to Make the Strand a Landmark Is About More Than a Building 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z One probable reason is Steamboat’s lack of hospital-grade chutes, cornices and cliffs, which discourages maniacally aggro skiers from settling, or even vacationing, here. A snow dad reveals what makes a ski resort kid-friendly 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The company offers a huge selection of fabrics and hardware, cornices and valances, and custom drapes. Window Treatment Sources We Love 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z He said that it was overgrown and described walking along a “cornice that stuck out of the ground.” Goodbye, iPhone. Farewell, Brooklyn. Let’s move to Honduras and camp with jaguars 2013-01-05T20:00:00Z Pine flooring was salvaged and repurposed as stair treads and shelving, tin cornices and trim were restored, and shiplap was repaired or replaced. A New Restaurant Embraces Its Historic Surroundings in Charleston, South Carolina 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z At either end rose giant flagpoles, perhaps 100 feet high, projecting up through the cornice with electric signs, wavy in imitation of banners. \| West 46th Street: West 46th Street/Streetscapes - Mementos of a Lost Battle 2011-10-09T05:48:09Z Rooms are defined by their small size, symmetrical design, a fireplace with a carved mantel, cornices with elaborate details, large windows, and well-worn heart-pine floors. 2010-02-17T18:12:00Z The view to the south is the stately egg-and-dart cornice belonging to the neighbor, the Alexis Hotel. Downtown condo made rich with secondhand furnishings 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Some have cornices inspired by those of Egyptian temple gates. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Because we can’t tell a cornice from a lintel, we asked Norfolk architect Greg Rutledge to guide us through the West Freemason Street Area Historic District. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z What were once banks and factories are now restored commercial and residential buildings, an impressive patchwork of colors and styles restored right down to the molded cornices, marble pilasters and stained glass windows. Hudson, N.Y.: An Elegant Transformation 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z For ten years I dreamt of the same house:until I knew every corridor and cornice, the grainof the wood in every board, the way light fellin different rooms at different times of day. Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson – review 2013-03-24T10:00:01Z These, too, were supposed to look different from one another, with multiple sandstone hues and painted cornices, assorted roof lines and the varied placement of large open bays. \| West 71st Street: Row Houses Gone Wild 2010-12-12T05:00:00Z Griffin is surprised how interesting cornices and terra cotta angels are, and you will be, too. ‘The Gargoyle Hunters,’ by John Freeman Gill: A love letter to New York City 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z What Mayor Collins saw was the exposed musculature of mighty concrete piers supporting a massive cornice line of offices. Michael McKinnell, 84, Dies; Architect of a Monumental City Hall 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z There are 26 rooms featuring coved ceilings, cornices and natural light from skylights in 18 of the galleries. American masters get new life at NYC's Met museum 2012-01-15T19:16:04Z Since many of the armory’s spaces are still undergoing renovation — restored cornices and fixtures alternate with palimpsest patches of half-uncovered original wallpaper — Trusty Sidekick’s artists took advantage of opportunities to suggest characters’ in-between status. Trusty Sidekick Presents Immersive Pieces at Park Ave. Armory 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In an image from Paris, ornate cornices are barely visible above rows of filing cabinets and stacks of paper; in Vienna, gilded, chandelier-lit rooms have empty bookshelves and bare curtain rods. A Hare and an Inheritance, Once Hidden, at the Jewish Museum 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Travelling with his fellow artist Val Prinsep, he piously followed in the master's footsteps: "Ruskin in hand, we sought out every cornice, design or monument praised by him." Saints and sinners 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Junya Watanabe makes such wearable clothes, and it was frustrating to find that his new venue — a Parisian mansion filled with ornate cornices and fancy gilding — had not changed his attitude. Fashion Review: Punk Hangs In There 2014-01-19T13:11:08Z He has restored the store’s travertine stone slabs, the green African marble cornices and the bronze letters above the entrance doors. \| Peter Marino Works His Magic on Bulgari’s Rome Flagship 2014-03-24T22:00:23Z Rooms with wide baseboards, elaborate window casings and cornice molding at the ceiling demand more time and effort. Pro or no? What to consider before hiring out a home painting job. 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Then we followed a long line of precarious cornices to the summit. Explorer: Skiing Igloo-to-Igloo Across the Grand Tetons 2011-03-04T19:55:00Z Inside, the 62 rooms breathe the industrial age with their cornices, old timber paneling, and original exposed brick. The Old Clare Hotel Joins Two Historic Sydney Buildings 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The company also offers a number of valances and cornices. Window Treatment Sources We Love 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z The alternative is a spartan architectural setting in which consoles, cornices and arches are detailed with faultless precision, without any attempt at creating an atmospheric effect. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z Indeed, from the architectural history point of view, Mr. Arbore got the quoining wrong, the cornice wrong, the lintels wrong, the windows wrong — everything wrong, at least through the lens of preservation. \| West 71st Street: Row Houses Gone Wild 2010-12-12T05:00:00Z The buildings may be crumbling, their vaulted ceilings open to the sky, their cornices and pediments chipped, their floors cluttered with overturned statues and columns, but life itself hasn’t fled the scene. Hubert Robert, the painter for the ‘don’t go there, live there’ crowd 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But most papered walls need a trim of some sort, especially those lacking a cornice, among them the dining room of my country house. A Fresh Take on Wallpaper Borders 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Its spirit is Mediterranean with hints of Morocco, but in luxurious rooms replete with moldings, cornices and pilasters, in the Lowell Hotel on the Upper East Side. Nostalgia Tops the Menu of Fall’s Big Restaurant Openings 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z From the street, the building is a model of propriety and restraint, painted sky-blue and accented with chunky concrete door and window surrounds, romantic 19th-century coach lights, and a discreetly dentiled cornice. Robert Willson and David Serrano Open the Doors To Their Tropical Retreat in Mexico 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z They are bordered at top by a heavy, upward-sloping line—the plain cornice of the plywood wall—measuring time in shadow, and insinuating the city’s heft. Walker Evans’s Typology of the American Worker 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The back story encouraged me to actually look up and take stock of the graceful arched windows and ridiculously detailed cornices stretching as far as I could see down lower Broadway. In the Pandemic Present, a Literary Tour of Greenwich Village’s Past 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Look up before it gets dark: those are the North Shore Mountains looming over the faux cornice. 2010-02-12T04:18:00Z At Kirkwood south of Lake Tahoe, the new E:K Discovery Series features three sessions designed to teach intermediate and advanced skiers to navigate cornices, bowls and chutes. 9 Things Every Skier Should Know This Winter 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z It has touches of former elegance: Corinthian columns, a toothed cornice. In California, Finding ‘Fat City’ With the Man Who Wrote It 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Saint-George Yacht Club & Marina, on one side of the cornice and in the heart of Beirut, opened in the 1930s. Trip Tips: See and live history in Lebanon 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z There are children hanging from window sills and toddlers clambering on cornices. Dalston House: the building that lets you defy gravity 2013-06-26T06:00:04Z Inspired by 19th-century Beaux-Arts proportions, the walls have simplified Classical cornices and dados, creating a sense of the grand, domestic proportions that were the original backdrop for many of these canvases decades ago. Metropolitan Museum Completes American Wing Renovation 2012-01-05T23:11:11Z "In the cornices, you see designs for fruits and sweets and bowls and of baklava. The pattern also has a chunk of watermelon with a knife in it." A glimpse inside LACMA's hidden Damascus room before its 2016 debut 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Yanique makes it clear from the beginning that she is not interested in the framing and cornicing of realism. The Virgin Islands, Rewritten 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The commission mentioned in its official rejection that the original design had been substantially altered, with historic windows replaced, the 1910 cornice removed and significant alterations made to the ground floor. Collector’s New Face-Off: Giant Nude Statue in Old Westbury 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z “It aims at the palatial and attains the sham-palatial,” the anonymous reviewer wrote, describing the projecting cornice as “huge, umbrageous, unmeaning, irrelevant” and characteristic “of the cheapest and vulgarest kind of tenement houses.” Streetscapes: Ring Around the Collar at 535 Park Avenue 2013-08-01T21:28:06Z In Paris, it means restoring an old apartment to the Platonic ideal of Haussmannian grandeur and then bringing in contemporary furniture that somehow throws the plaster cornices and marble fireplaces into sharper relief. \| Striking a Balance 2014-04-09T15:00:26Z St. James’ 75-foot bell tower was scarred with fissures, popping bricks and pieces of cornice. Churches hold the answer to surviving a devastating California earthquake, Lucy Jones says 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Multicolored matte-glaze terra cotta in submarine blue and peach adorns the elaborate top story, main cornice and spandrel sections. Where to find the most stunning Seattle architecture, according to a historic preservationist 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Climbing Gabriel Peak in the North Cascades when a melting cornice “the size of a van” broke free and plowed down a gully minutes after Eames crossed below it. This Edmonds dad scaled Washington’s 300 highest peaks 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The blocky, six-floor brick rectangle is leavened by two vertical bays and is typical of warehouses of the time, the neighborhoods department noted, outlined by a strong “’base’, ‘middle’, and prominent cornice.” Seattle’s first carbon-positive hotel coming to Pioneer Square in 2024 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The sudden shift means there will be a higher chance of wet snow avalanches and cornice fall, the Northwest Avalanche Center said, some of which could be “very large and destructive.” Avalanche warning issued for Cascade peaks as spring thaw begins 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The likelihood of wet snow avalanches and cornice fall increase during this period, and “some of these slides will be very large and destructive,” NWA said online. Seattle weather forecast: Western WA’s warmest day of 2023 just ahead 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum. Seattle’s downtown Banana Republic store to become art space 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z There, he worked with the interiors’ existing volumes and decorative flourishes, painting gilded frames and cornices on the walls and ceilings that veered wildly off course. An Artist Who Encourages Visitors to Walk Over His Work 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The distinctive copper cornice and bay window are a nod to Whyte’s business. Home to first Black woman with D.C. dental office lists for $5 million 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Seeking the summit, Steidl saw snow cornices, rocks and a sharp drop-off. This Seattle running coach attempted to conquer all 5 WA volcanoes on foot in 5 days 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Running along the edge, where the ceiling meets the walls is block cornicing, which Phramaha Prasert said was so that the temple remained "sympathetic to its Edinburgh location". We built a Thai Buddhist temple in an Edinburgh family home 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The townhouses offer traditional styling on the outside, including porches, gables and cornices that fit in with the surrounding housing. D.C. townhouses away from the ‘hustle and bustle’ 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Note the tag on the top cornice of the building, “D. Face and Daughters … Street Improvement Services since 1999” — designed to blend with the likely original signage of “Frank Duncan Shoe Finders and Footwear Distributors.” This colorful mural walk will take you through Pike Place Market and Belltown 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z So was rappelling down to work under the overhangs of the cornice. Wrapped Arc de Triomphe is Christo’s fleeting gift to Paris 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Another, smaller anchor was discovered nearby in 2018, with laboratory analysis revealing that the remains of its wooden stock were from a 15th-century tree in the Cantabrian cornice region of northern Spain. Conquistador ship anchors may have been discovered off Mexico 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z A couple of hours later, there was round two, a joint press conference with Niinistö under the cornices and crystal chandeliers of the east room. Trump's bizarre press day was a full-blown impeachment tantrum 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Once at the top, Chudzinski and her team stopped on a cornice outside the attic as she took the lead dousing the flames, about 15 feet away. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than anybody knew 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z All the outside brick is being reformed and an exterior cornice that’s been damaged will be reconstructed using fiberglass, he noted. Former Galveston pump station to be a city community center 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z He told the hearing they were near its top when he tried to cut a hole through an overhanging cornice, but it broke off and triggered an avalanche. Ben Nevis avalanche death 'tragic accident' 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z If the cornice and roof of a house can be considered its hat, this one would hold its own against those worn at the Kentucky Derby and the fascinators at a royal wedding. A restoration worthy of a sturdy, stately historical house 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z An excavator ripped through the decorative cornices, arched windows, and bricks laid a century ago. Baltimore launches a push to demolish vacant buildings 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z "Leading up the snow slope to the summit was quite exciting, and as I pulled over the cornice at the top my foot slipped," she says. Peaky blinders: Celebrating Scotland's Munros 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Its characteristics include solid, square-shaped houses with low-pitched roofs, embellished with molded cornices and decorative brackets, and tall, narrow windows with ornate crowns. Gassaway-Feldmeyer House is a study in 19th-century Italianate architecture 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The rocks are piled high, like an ancient ruin; some have gathered moss and feature decorative elements like cornices or inscriptions by the builders. - The Washington Post 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Described by the historical trust as a “particularly fine decorative molded brick cornice,” the seven layers of exquisite brickwork include egg-and-dart, dentil and anthenium. A restoration worthy of a sturdy, stately historical house 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Crews are fixing the building’s limestone walls and terra cotta cornice. Federal courthouse in Springfield getting $2.6M face-lift 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z I admire the shiny white floor tiles and fancy corniced ceilings but she is much prouder of something else. The crop that put women on top 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z When completed at the cusp of the Great Depression, the cottage was topped with a waving cornice made from the darker rocks that the family carried home in a wheelbarrow. One landmark survives on this West Seattle slope 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z When warmed by the sun, cornices can break. An Avalanche Sweeps Away a Snowboarder, but His Friends Rescue Him 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The house’s architectural details reflect a Greek Revival style, most notably the cornice. A restoration worthy of a sturdy, stately historical house 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Frosting on the project is the art - stained-glass windows, decorative cornices and other relics he’s collected over the years. Redevelopment spreads in downtown Omaha 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Across Concord Avenue, the lot faces brick townhouses with bracketed cornices. In a Changing South Bronx, Residents See New Jail as Step Backward 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Some headstones are made of concrete or recycled materials such as a millstone or a masonry roof cornice. Volunteers create comprehensive map of Waco-area cemeteries 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Crouch said on Instagram that the cornice “pulled me backward into a slide.” An Avalanche Sweeps Away a Snowboarder, but His Friends Rescue Him 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Grants of $100,000 include Berkeley County to help repair cornice structures and belt courses, Boone County to replace concrete and work on a retaining wall and Brooke County to replace lighting with LED lighting. Grants awarded for West Virginia courthouse repairs 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The other man also ran into the ravine and knocked off a cornice that triggered an avalanche. Snowmobiler killed in crash during guided trip in Wyoming 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z He also silver-leafed the cornice and moldings to boost the room’s architectural gravitas. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The Holcomb house retains some of its original features, including a mansard roof, bracketed cornice and three-sided wraparound porch. Maryland house has remained in same family for nearly 50 years 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z But somehow, he ended up on a cornice — a bulge of snow sculpted by wind that bends over a ridge to form a ledge. An Avalanche Sweeps Away a Snowboarder, but His Friends Rescue Him 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In October 2012, a cornice fell from the wall of the royal palace of Caserta, near Naples, causing part of the roof to cave in just a few feet from tourists. Tourist killed by falling masonry in famous Florence church 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Columns were piled on pilasters, rusticated plinths groaned under heaving cornices and every junction was elaborated with a twiddly moulding. Rocket ships, eagles and wedding cakes: the Chicago contest that led to a skyscraper explosion 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The vertical pilasters and wall paneling serve the classical imperative that the base and cornice be visually connected. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The station, delicately designed with arched windows and an ornamental banding of colored tiles at the cornice, is probably the work of Daniel Huntington, then the city architect. Gleaming South Lake Union apartments stand on the site of an early Seattle dump 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z She also plans on trying to keep parts of the original house such as the fireplace in the first floor living room, the basement and a few of the remaining cornices on the roof. Arkansas spurs conflict between preservation, development 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Grant Street was closed from Fourth Avenue to Forbes Avenue after the stone fell from the underside of a cornice on the Frick Building about 2:45 a.m. Stone from 115-year-old Pittsburgh building hits street 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Coe kept its original skylights, which brought light into the space, but nixed an overly large cornice by the ceiling. This house used to look kind of like Darth Vader’s helmet. Look at it now 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the cornice moldings extended past the wall and onto the ceiling. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z A large cornice, though, loomed over the gully. A HISTORIC ADVENTURE From Snoqualmie Pass to Canada in 34 days — on skis 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The style combines symmetrical design with decorative elements such as intricately engraved doors and roof cornices. Arkansas spurs conflict between preservation, development 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The room, opened in 1889 for the Universal Exhibition, drips with gilt cornicing and decoration and crystal chandeliers. Amid tight security, Emmanuel Macron becomes youngest French president, vows to fight terrorism 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Another route to the walkway is through downtown Poughkeepsie, a riverfront city whose Victorian houses and Main Street facades with ornate cornices speak of its prosperous past as a manufacturing center. Walking Over the Hudson: Lofty Valley Views Where Trains Once Rumbled 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z This room, he added, adheres to Wharton and Codman’s rule, though in an unpredictable manner, that rooms have a cornice and base for visual harmony. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Nearly completed, the exteriors of the townhouses are brick with corbeled cornices and steel window lintels and sills. On ABC news anchor’s former estate, expansive townhouses with Potomac views 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Here above the tracks, the building’s cornice reveals a shortage of symmetry. Seattle’s beefy Armour meat plant was razed to make way for the Second Avenue Extension 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The removal of the cornice was then ordered by one of building inspector Place’s many successors. The Corgiat Building got off to a shaky start in 1900, then survived an earthquake — and everything else 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z A heavy cornice, since removed as an earthquake precaution, topped its four floors. Now & Then: There’s not much left of Seattle’s Flesh Avenue 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Jayne added base molding, “but the way the paper’s painted, the sky acts as a cornice,” he said. Gilded-Age Decorating Advice That Holds Up Today 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z He stepped under a boundary rope onto a cornice, which broke. Super-sniffer avalanche pooch to the rescue at Idaho ski area 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z “When we rebuild, we will maintain the existing cornice line and will also ensure the facades of the new commercial space are appropriate for the block,” Toll Brothers said in a statement. In Jewelers Row in Philadelphia, Condo Plan Worries Preservationists 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Once expanded to code, the walls soon reached their decorative cornice, where, centered above the Main Street facade, Corgiat’s name and the date, 1900, could be easily read from the street. The Corgiat Building got off to a shaky start in 1900, then survived an earthquake — and everything else 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Delicately sculpted from the red-rock cliffs, with classical columns and cornices, it looks like a storybook palace or a movie set—which it was, for “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” among others. The Real Adventurer’s Guide to the Ancient City of Petra 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z This is one of three Webster and Stevens Studio photographs of the charming flatiron, with its waving cornice. A Westlake Avenue triangle, one of several in the neighborhood, was home to Frederick & Nelson 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z From this quiet aerie, the lion heads along the cornice of the 23-story Peninsula New York Hotel, across West 55th Street, almost looked close enough to feed. Restoring a Cross High Above Manhattan, Stone by Stone 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Gaston Hall itself, with its elaborately painted walls, stained glass windows and wood cornicing is named after William Gaston, the college’s first student, who owned numerous slaves but also supported the abolition of slavery. Trying to atone, Georgetown University accused of excluding slave descendants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z It shows the building in its splendor, a confection of corniced rooftop and colonnaded window frames. Tattered Brooklyn Mansion Has a Blueprint for Rebirth 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Among its Georgian features are a detailed cornice, a gable roof, stone lintels with keystones above the windows and a classic arched pediment around the front door. Stately Georgian in Old Town Alexandria was home to Robert E. Lee’s uncle 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The house was later expanded around 1879, and the front facade was made more elaborate by adding Victorian Italianate trim along the cornice. A historic, kid-friendly home in Georgetown 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z And the first-floor entertaining rooms in what was once one of the grandest private homes in Barcelona feature a mass of frescoes, murals, gilded walls, mosaics, marble columns, cornicing, carved paneling, and exquisite bas-relief sculpture. In Barcelona, Gaudí Meets Luxury 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Architectural features include Doric capitals, a cornice embellished with classical images, multi-pane windows, marble interiors and historic lighting fixtures. Tennessee Supreme Court building gets historic places marker 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z As I watched, the printer laid down a sliver of cornice. All the Food That’s Fit to Print 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Chimneys are particularly vulnerable, as are parapets and cornices, the short walls and decorative ledges that run around some building tops. Earthquake report spurs retrofitting in Utah, Nevada 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Private donors are helping rebuild ancient heritage sites such as the Durbar Square in Patan, where carvers are painstakingly re-creating wooden cornices for the collapsed temples of Nepali kings. A year after Nepal’s devastating earthquake, Everest climbers return 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Ornate stained glass windows, cornices, ramparts, balustrades and Potomac blue stone gave Eastern its grandeur. President Wilson and Marion Barry attended this Capitol Hill church. Now it could become condos. 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Both have retained many of their original features such as panelling, cornices and staircases. Former Sex Pistols base is given Grade II* listed status - BBC News 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z What homey perfection hides behind each cornice and gable, bay window and ornate lintel? Wary of Prying Eyes Online, a Brooklyn Home Tour Calls It Quits 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Instead, he details how two onlookers watch the cornice of a tower as a tall staff is fixed to it. Bones found at prison may belong to real-life Tess of the D'Urbervilles 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z He decides to skin up a mellow slope nearby, taking some measurements on a windblown cornice at the top before making tracks in the powder. Meet your local avalanche forecaster 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Chipped bricks, dusty cornices, chunks of cornerstone and keystone. The Polaroids of the Cowboy Poet 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z After a falling cornice killed a Barnard College student, Mayor Edward I. Koch signed a law in 1980 that required facades of buildings taller than six stories to be inspected every five years. Engineer Accused of Failing to Assess Manhattan Building Where Falling Debris Killed Girl 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z A man walked into an elegant stone building on Capitol Hill on Monday, passing beneath a decorative cornice and between fluted columns, and soon walked out with money that did not belong to him. SunTrust Bank robbed on Capitol Hill 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z But its poor structural condition was exposed in 2012 when bits of its elaborate cornice began falling off after an especially harsh winter. Trevi fountain in Rome: Iconic monument renovated - BBC News 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z But at the insistence of the Maryland Historic Trust, period details such as pressed tin ceilings with egg-and-dart cornices were re-created. Gymnasium Condos: A Greek revival in Silver Spring 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Our company specialized in restoring the Victorian “gingerbread” to the facades of the city’s townhouses, and I got pretty good at installing cornices, gable brackets, and window hoods, working high above the street. The Great Drought is upon us: Why California is America’s parched new normal 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Among the highlights is a sweeping central staircase, capped by sumptuous cornices and a Baroque mural of Venus by Sir James Thornhill, who also painted the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Former Mayor Bloomberg Buys London Mansion for $25 Million 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z They all possess the family resemblances I’ve enumerated above, to do with slatted windows, cornices, open rooftops and red floors. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z But how does he manage to capture so much detail from the elaborate cornices of buildings, to shadows cast by the sun to the correct number of windows on a skyscraper? Drawing what our mouths cannot say - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Witanhurst’s décor was formal—walnut wall panels, cornices embellished with gold leaf—but it had some arriviste quirks. London’s Most Mysterious Mansion 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Heavy sheets of lead were laid on the roof; sculpture, cornices and moldings were repaired or replaced; and the overall surface was shaved by stone masons to make it look like new. Interior of Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Remains a Hidden Jewel 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z He designed Elmhurst in the true Italianate style — a solid square shape with ornate features, such as arched windows, elaborate cornices and a belvedere, a square-shaped cupola. Plenty of sunshine to be found in this restored 1871 Italianate home 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Off to the left is the drawing room, with a marble and tile fireplace, cornice moldings and an elaborate ceiling rose surrounding a chandelier. House Hunting in ... Ireland 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z He said of the split boarders: "I genuinely believe these two guys weren't aware of the cornice hazard. It's too nice a day for bad things to happen." Man in shorts and deck shoes 'at risk of avalanche' 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Police were called Saturday evening after a man was spotted among the elaborate cornices atop the 19th century neo-Gothic building. UK Parliament tightens security after man climbs on roof 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Left unattended, snow cornices can weigh tons and cause severe roof damage, particularly on the lee, or downwind, side where the windblown stuff accumulates, Fuller said. Man spends lonely winters as keeper of Yellowstone village 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z With the period features — cornicing, bare boards and fireplace — it’s more like an upscale vintage store than a functional storage area. Dreamy Retreats And Hideaways For One 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Earlier this month, five people escaped an avalanche caused by a cornice collapse on Ben Nevis. Warning about 'killer cornices' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The Whitby was less distinguished though still impressive, with its three sturdy bays and rippling brick cornice. For 90 Years, the Whitby Has Been a Bastion for Broadway Performers 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The gold-leaf cornices, which Capone imported from Italy, are still in place. Capone home languishes on the market 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Many buildings are missing their decorative tops through decades of decay and neglect, followed by wanton destruction after a cornice fell from a Harlem townhouse in 1979 and killed a Barnard student. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Habitat: Hangs motionless in feeble, untidy web on cornice or ceiling, but vibrates strands wildly to become a blur if disturbed. Hairy, scary and lethal: how dangerous are Britain’s household spiders? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z There were 18 recorded incidents of people falling through cornices last winter. Warning about 'killer cornices' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Hang drapes from a cornice or right up to the ceiling down to the floor and position them as close to the window as possible. 7 Window Treatments That Can Lower Your Energy Bills 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The plane crashed at an elevation of about 9,900 feet on a 60-degree slope with a large cornice looming above the wreckage. Wyoming plane crash may not be reached for months 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z For some time, no townhouse renovation has been complete without a rebuilt cornice, and now the same goes for larger projects. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The plane was reported missing Saturday and was found Monday at about 9,900-foot elevation on a 60-degree slope with a large cornice above it. Brothers on crashed plane in Wyoming presumed dead 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z He said that during a call-out on Saturday two members of the Lochaber team fell through a cornice - an overhanging edge of snow - and another was caught in an avalanche. Most snow in hills 'in 69 years' 2014-02-26T00:56:55Z Being a Democrat does not mean passing up five freshly painted bedrooms, mahogany bedsteads and a denticulated cornice in the library. New York’s new mayor: By FDR’s book 2014-01-02T16:00:50Z Or it could be Victorian - all about cornicing, bay windows and patterned brickwork. Which era of house do people like best? 2013-09-06T08:00:25Z The cornice sits alongside a filigreed enclosure for the heating and cooling systems inspired by Walker’s detailed Deco work in the lobby. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z I was concerned: Are the windows going to align left and right and are the architectural cornices going to match? The Plaza Hotel Goes Into Hiding for a Face-Lift 2013-07-06T00:33:30Z Christian Arcadio Cabanilla, 34, died in what appeared to be a snow cornice collapse on Sunday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said. Alaska heli-skiing guide killed in mountain accident 2013-03-04T23:56:47Z He says some original items, like small pieces of the Edwardian cornice were restored, but much had to be replaced. In pictures: Town house's £1m revamp 2013-01-13T12:28:10Z Back on their skis, facing down into the ski area and with their backs to Tunnel Creek, they spread across the ridge to stamp and destroy wind-swept cornices, small balconies of crusty snow. Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek 2012-12-20T20:56:48Z The marching rows of doric columns, pedimented porticoes and dentilled cornices that define these imposing ranks of wedding-cake mansions have been joined by an unlikely addition to the classical architectural vocabulary. Billionaires' basements: the luxury bunkers making holes in London streets 2012-11-09T20:00:01Z The good news is that there is shelter ahead; the bad news is that it’s on the other side of that corniced knife edge and still hours away. A Physicist on Everest: How Body and Mind Break Down at Elevation 2012-07-20T10:15:05.617Z As president of the Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, Mr. Karp trundled about New York in a beat-up Jeep looking for gargoyles, capitals and cornices from buildings that had been torn down. Ivan Karp, Pop Art Dealer, Dies at 86 2012-06-29T04:22:58Z It reveals that in a former life, his home was a charming clapboard with some design flourishes on the siding and a thick cornice at the top of the facade. The Appraisal: Once a Staple, Awnings Are Losing Their Appeal 2012-06-25T18:04:16Z An adult male kestrel bringing a sparrow to his nest in a cornice on East 75th Street. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z Respecting the colouring of cornices, a few words should be said. 1st. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Looking round, she saw that the sun had just dipped behind the long white cornice of the stately houses. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z The epistylia were painted, and the cornice elegantly ornamented in a similar manner. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z It was necessary to avoid treading on our frail cornice and no less important to keep near the edge. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Nonetheless, they face their own set of challenges, from glue traps and poisons to oblivious landlords who restore or remove cornices with nests. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z In this case the cornice should be carefully coloured, and pale blue and white should prevail in it, but a little pure red must be present. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z The palace, in external appearance, is a lofty and magnificent structure of red brick, with stone cornices and dressings. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z The whole is surmounted by a rich arcaded cornice of white marble. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The steepness of the Eastern slope was undeniable and forbidding and the edge of its junction with the South side was defined by a cornice. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z He then flew over to his nest — a hole in the metal cornice of a brick building on Broadway and 70th Street — and deposited the meal for his mate. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z Besides primary colours, none others need be used on the cornice. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Half a mile from the gate, rises conspicuously on the right of the road the Casino of Papa Giulio, with picturesque overhanging cornices and sculptured fountain. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Again, the obtrusive ugliness of the skylights, rising clear above the sculptured cornices, can hardly fail to offend the eye, and suggests the idea of an encumbered or even an overloaded roof. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z And the two on Dominick Street, No. 34 and No. 36, were given Italianate cornices and other embellishments after the Civil War. City Room: Four New (Very Old) Landmarks 2012-03-28T20:24:35Z A cornice fell from the Adam's building and killed them. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The front is modernized, but the east end displays rich terra-cotta cornices, and is very picturesque. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The frescoes and cornices had not been touched, and I invited my kind old friend to an early dinner on the spot. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The streets were covered with discoloured, brownish snow; the snow on the roofs, window-sills, cornices, gate-posts, was of immaculate whiteness, apparently devoid of weight, smooth and neat, as though trimmed by some instrument. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The fronts were of pressed brick, relieved with Preston bands, window heads and cornices. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A massive cornice in these grounds is one of the few architectural fragments of ancient Rome existing on the Aventine. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It was a gaunt Victorian room, with a heavy, dirty cornice, and the ceiling enriched by the radiant plaster ornament of an obliterated gas chandelier. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Madame de Sta�l," he began, with his eyes on the cornice, "was a woman of many and generous enthusiasms. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The woodwork snapped and sang in the blaze, and the great stones on the windows and cornices crumbled into fragments. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z All Savannah mourned when, on April 6, 1889, firebrands tossed by the wind lodged on a cornice of the graceful steeple, too high to be reached. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z A large mass of Corinthian cornice remains near the cella facing the Coliseum. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It's Bob, my dear little flying-squirrel; I saw him on the cornice, but I thought he would fly to me. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The walls are ten feet high to the top of the lower cornice, and fourteen more to the upper one. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z The inlaid surface of Boulle work is framed in by borders, cornices, or handles of brass or gilt bronze, giving a massive architectural character to the whole. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The first trial was made upon cornices, which thus assume the appearance of fine marbles; and there remain also in Carpi, of the same composition, two altars by the hand of Guido himself. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z The entrance for the emperor was between two arches facing the Esquiline, where there is no cornice. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Standing upon the orchestra, giddy, almost fearful to fall forwards into the great unlighted chaos, the windows looked like clouds themselves, and every pillar, tier, and cornice stood dilated in the unsubstantial space. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Above the cornice the roof sloped off so as to form an apex. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z Mouldings for panelling, cornices, skirtings, &c., are cut by revolving cutters or chisels, filed to any desired shape and case-hardened. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The walls of the Senate chamber are sheathed quite up to the ceiling, in beautiful paneling, relieved by a massive cornice. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In 537, it was besieged by Vitiges, when the defending garrison, reduced to the last extremity, hurled down all the magnificent statues which decorated the cornice, upon the besiegers. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z A few minutes later the first rays of the sun began to gild the cornices of the tall buildings which towered above the Lincoln statue. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Long coloured garlands of fruit and flowers are held by nude boys reclining on the top of the arch and others standing on the cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The cadence seemed to hang in space, swinging like a spider, and unable to catch the cornice on the other wall. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z The Wanton House, still pointed out in Thames Street, may be known by its ornamented cornice and general air of superior condition. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The balustrades and cornices of the whole mass of buildings flamed with gilded images of arms and horses. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z He discovered that there was a ledge or narrow cornice running around the house just on the end of his floor. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The giant knitted his brows, and, staring at the cornice, whistled. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z The entablature is surmounted by a denticulated cornice, and the pediment is relieved by an oblong shield. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z The six doors are the same, and the walls and the elaborate roof and cornices are pure white, the projections being "picked out" in a pale shade of brown, hardly darker than amber. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The porphyry pillars at the entrance, supporting a richly sculptured cornice, were probably set up in their present position when the temple was turned into a church. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z But the hope was futile, for the slight cornice shrank away as it turned back till it was barely an inch wide. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Gilding, arabesques in colour, fretwork doors and panelling, and ceilings and cornices composed of small mirrors arranged so as to represent facets, are all decorative in the extreme. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Ever wonder about the difference between a cornice and a cornerstone? Bookshelf: Books on a Racial Attraction, a Religious Rejection and New York Architecture 2012-02-11T05:03:14Z The lofty roofs and cornices are elaborately worked in plaster, and this is completely concealed by hundreds or thousands of mirrors set so as to resemble facets, so that roof and cornices flash like diamonds. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The several compartments are divided by gilded pilasters; the cornices, architraves, and friezes, are very pretty and tasteful; and in the inter-columniations are one or two triglyphs. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Let artists tell of its towers and finials, flying buttresses, gables, cornices, galleries, piers, fa�ades. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Each has a projecting cornice on the east side with carved niches, and the western face is covered with exquisite tracery in arabesques and knot-work, and inscriptions in early Arabic. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Between the pediment and the cornice a thick corded moulding is carried round the main building. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Each apartment has two rows of vaulted recesses in its walls, and very fine cornices above. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z At one part you would find a smooth expanse of sand; at another, drifted heaps, fragments of rubble, brick and stone; at a third, larger blocks of stone, broken columns, chips of cornice and frieze. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z I was told that in its original construction there was not a nail used; but lately some efforts have been made to smooth down the rough exterior by the addition of cornice and corner-boards. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z The curtains, cornices, mantel-cloths, together with several screens and cushions—even the window blinds—are all exquisitely embroidered by her industrious fingers. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Above this comes a row of circular shields, adorned with intricate arabesques, while bands and wreaths of lilies are everywhere sculptured on the windows, balconies, tambours and cornices, adding lightness to the fabric. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Immediately beneath them is a small cornice or stringing course of Purbeck marble, which runs entirely round the body of the church, and supports the small marble columns which adorn the windows. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z They watched blocks of marble and stone being chiselled into cornices, friezes and capitals ornamented with foliage and flowers, until, with despair in their hearts, they slowly returned to their mud huts in the plain. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z If there were a ledge or cornice running under the window, he might attempt to creep along it and find a way of descent by a fire escape. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Facing the main entrance is a small open shrine, consisting of a cornice and dome upheld by four pillars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Below the cornice are human heads and heads of animals in alto relievo, and the walls are adorned with a double line of arches in the gothic style, the architecture light and elegant. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z He cited two properties on Madison Street with vinyl siding covering their cornices. LIVING IN/Ridgewood, Queens: Ridgewood, Queens/Living In - Architectural Eye Candy 2011-12-30T22:12:23Z Other escape there was none, save a cornice ledge extending half-way to his window; but it was too narrow to afford foothold. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z Its cornices and door-cases were ponderous, and its furniture was heterogeneous, and presented the contrasts that might be expected in a broker's store. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z In Greek and Roman temples the cymatium of the cornice was the gutter, and the water was discharged through the mouths of lions, whose heads were carved on the same. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Immediately above the arches resting on these columns, is a small band or cornice, which extends around the interior of the tower, and supports a most elegant arcade of interlaced arches. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z I really believe if only Mr. Oxley here hadn't managed to strike his head on that cornice when he fell, both of us would have landed without a scratch. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z Heavy, cosy-looking curtains depended from the window cornices, and the door itself was darkly draped. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The dusky light of evening fell upon these objects, and the many windows, the cornices, and the smokeless chimneys of a great old house. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Baker laced his classical Secretariat blocks with Mughal-style domes, cupolas and cornices. India Ink: New Delhi's Controversial Birth 2011-12-12T11:24:14Z Above this elegant arcade is another cornice surmounted by six circular-headed windows pierced at equal intervals through the thick walls of the tower. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z Look well at the door with its cornice of airy Cupids for ever playing Hide and Seek behind solemn urns and festoons of carven flowers. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z In the end, a proctor's activities usually consist in preventing them of a Sunday from shouting too loud over games of indoor football, and at other times from blowing holes through the cornice with shotguns. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z The metopes were the long series of square spaces which ran along the outer walls of temples between the upright triglyphs and the cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Stannard knew much about snow cornices and Deering wondered whether he could not have found some grounds for throwing off the rope and letting Jimmy venture on the dangerous overhang. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Several instances have been known of cornices having given way without a moment’s notice, and of life only having been saved through men being tied together. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Birds came and went, twittering on the cornice above their heads. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Between the columns are a number of statuettes, and the base and cornices are profusely adorned with bas-reliefs. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Reliefs from a cornice of somewhat later date are also to be found at the British Museum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z For a time he made good progress along the cornice, and in the afternoon he reached the neck. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z These cornices are frequently rolled round in a volute, and sometimes take most extravagant forms. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The chateau is an old and singular, but interesting building of red brick, with a green dome and white cornices, and enclosed by a circular wall flanked with turrets. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z The central arch of the lowest gallery rises nearly to the cornice, and is decorated in a style which Contreras thought suggestive of Indian architecture. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z On the frieze of the cornice is the inscription in bold granitic letters, the birth-place of Franklin. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z One must use caution and could not go fast, but after a time a snow cornice began on one side. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z We were obliged to go underneath the cornice, and to cut a way through the icicles. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Standing on the cornice at the top, the wind was so strong, it drove the snow horizontally. I Left My Job Because of Skiing 2011-11-02T18:21:25Z The brooding cornices of the houses, visible against the strip of starry sky, rounded suddenly and closed in upon the passage. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Or, ventured upon a snow cornice and been dashed to pieces upon the rocks below. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z We prowled the campus in search of trees, slopes and cornices that matched the photographs and Leach’s memory. No True Sense of History Without a Sense of Place 2011-10-22T18:42:25Z The last 300 feet of the ridge followed were exceedingly sharp and narrow, with a great cornice, from which huge icicles depended. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z I couldn’t see enough to know if he was moving as I stood, tips hanging over the cornice, wind ripping at my cheeks. I Left My Job Because of Skiing 2011-11-02T18:21:25Z On the top of the cornice with the blush lights of the City of Love upon her, stood a girl. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z No marble sculpture may adorn its niches and cornices; but angel forms shall walk its battlements in robes of living glory. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z He came in, and stood as if he were stuffed in the middle of the room, his eyes fixed on the cornice. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Neither could its sculptured cornice; its clerestory windows; its upper range of columns, supporting demi-angels playing on musical instruments; its moulded roof crossed by transverse beams, enriched in the interstices with sculptured ornaments, be distinguished. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Seven elegant pinnacles stand on the rather heavy cornice, forming a good set off to the campanile, which, surmounted by a brick spire, is a landmark in the district. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z There are gilded cornices over each window, with neat summer curtains, and also over the chiffoniere recess. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Cavetto, ka-vet′to, n. a hollowed moulding whose curvature is the quarter of a circle, used chiefly in cornices. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z On the cornice, just over the capitals, sits on either side a figure, with a trumpet in one hand, and a palm in the other, representing Fame. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z He sat there smoking his cigar and looking up at the cornice while Mrs. Dolphin delivered herself of a series of questions. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Constructed of stone, with a red brick dog-tooth cornice and twenty-four brick arches, supported by white marble pilasters forming an arcade into which the exterior is divided, a most pleasing effect is obtained. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The restored part of the cornice also contains:— 17.Lion's head. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z I think he must have gone up to the front, where the cornices join, and crept and balanced along the little ledge behind them, as I do. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z A little farther, on the same cornice, on each side of a compass-pediment, lie a lion and a unicorn, the supporters of the royal arms of England. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z A glazed terra-cotta frieze runs just below the cornice line, the Greek meander pattern in blue and white evoking the sense of an ancient monument, like something unearthed at Bronze Age Knossos. \| Orchard Beach, the Bronx: Streetscapes \| A High-Minded Pavilion at Orchard Beach in the Bronx 2011-09-22T21:41:59Z The medallions and figures which adorn the exterior are extremely good, and the frieze and cornice are equally so. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z At each angle are casts of lions' heads, which in the absence of casts from the originals have been taken from the cornice of the archaic temple at Ephesus. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Round the cornice are noble enrichments of trophy work, sword, the king's arms, cap of maintenance, &c., at the angles, four very large dragons, the supporters of the city arms. An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 2011-09-22T02:00:23.960Z To the left the ledge shrank to a cornice actually not over six inches wide. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Then Polly began hoisting it slowly, until its end came over the cornice. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z The great palace of the Bentivoglio family, where many celebrities have lodged, has a heavy stone cornice and baroque decoration on its vast brick sides. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The surface of the marble on the neck having been protected from weather by the cornice retains its original polish. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Another moment and Belle had clambered over the cornice and was stretched out breathless on the roof. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z Bricks, rubbish, lime, fell on those who were sitting in the windows, at the port-holes, on the fragments of the inside cornices, at the pigeon-holes, through which they were firing at the besiegers. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Note corbel of overlapping bricks which stops cornice. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z A massive cornice with a circular pattern is on the wall above, and the empty sockets placed at regular intervals, which one sees below it, presumably held the stone that formed the roof. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z According to Carrey the left arm of this figure was raised so that the hand projected beyond the cornice. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Does the Hand write in strange characters on the cornice of the hall where the Court is reveling? The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Not many of the trees were of great beam, but their consistent height, with the lianas in a wreck from the far overhanging cornice, dwarfed our boat to an unimportant straw. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Such bricks were usually lighter in color than the run-of-the-mill bricks, and were employed on cornices, belt or string courses, quoins at the corners of buildings, and the heads and jambs of openings. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z A third follows the line of the gable under a heavy cornice. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The reliefs, of which casts are preserved in the British Museum, formed a frieze immediately below the cornice on each side of the tomb. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Yet, as she spoke, the light left the window and hung on the cornice above—it was the moon and not a lamp that had made it. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Occasionally we brushed a projecting spray, or a vine pendent from a cornice. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z For all that, the style of the original building may be said to be Transitional, with Georgian details, like modillions in the cornice. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z These form galleries diminishing in length as they rise one above the other to the horizontal cornice at the top. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The central group on the cornice with the combat of a Centaur and Lapith is composed of the following fragments. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z It has not the splendour of Chambord, but it has a greater antiquity, and an incomparably finer situation, which displays its coiffed towers and their m�chicoulis and cornices in a manner not otherwise possible. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Ah Sing's grog-shop, with its colonnades and porticoes and fussy gables and fantastic cornices terminating in pigtail curlicues, was a squalid place for all the ornamentation cluttered on it. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z However, with the front wheels of the substructure on the very brink of the cornice, the Sea Eagle came obediently to a standstill. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z A rich balustrade and projecting cornice adorn the top. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The following fragments have also been inserted in the restored cornice:— 11.Head of youth, to the left, with short hair. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z At Beverley, however, the level cornice above the canopies which we see at Manchester is wanting, except at the west end. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z Perhaps if he were to re-enter that hall of the banquet he would still hear as an echo among the cornices and under the vaults, "Traitor! traitor!" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z He dropped his head back, stared at the cornice, and said with the soft malignity of a clever person dealing with the slow-witted. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z The cornice is deeply cut with animals and foliage, a porcupine and a hare being among the former. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The following are the principal fragments, from the cornice, not inserted in the restoration:— A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Hebrew inscriptions also occur, and the carved work of the cornices and capitals is rich though debased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Plaster cornices still gather the dust of years. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The facades of the proposed five- and six-story buildings, Mr. Abramson said, would be broken up with architectural elements like cornices, lintels, different-colored brick and brick patterns influenced by existing and historic Morristown architecture. Square Feet: A Suburban Town Sees Housing Where Retail Rules 2011-08-17T02:09:28Z Semicircular chapels in the aisles break the monotony of the lower portion of the exterior; while the upper is rendered less severe by the pointed clerestory windows, a dripstone and string-course, and a good cornice. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z They are attached to plinths which were let into the upper surface of the cornice, and are cut out of single blocks, a few small pieces of marble being separately attached. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In Greek temples the water from the roof passed through the mouths of lions whose heads were carved or modelled in the marble or terra-cotta cymatium of the cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Then many of those who had not yet begun to climb the hill turned and fled; but others rushed upwards and rapidly approached the cornice of rocks whence the heavy firing issued. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The cornice rested upon three figures—of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and the rest of the structure was covered with dexterous carving, circular-headed panels, and strangely wrought emblematical devices. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The dull yellow tufa with which it is faced and the embattled cornice and buttresses give it a decidedly eastern appearance. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The back of the head is worked in a peculiar way, to a plane surface, such as might be required if this was a head from a pediment, on account of the cornice above. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In the cornices the chattering of sparrows and swallows began. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z On the summit the hill is level, and round about its crest runs a cornice, to use an architectural term, of great rocks, which we call a "krantz" in the Africander language. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z The room was panelled, with cornices of heavily carved work, in which flowers and grotesque faces were strangely intermingled, and a row of black-looking portraits stared mournfully at me from the walls. The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z Four grotesque Norman waterspouts break the string course between the cornice and a beautiful flat arcade under the arches, on which are half-length figures of saints and bishops. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The Porch has a fine groined vault, with fan tracery, and a rich parapet and cornice. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z On the first floor of the same pavillon the window, framed with delicate ornaments, opened above a cornice, the principal sculptural subject of which was a nude woman, helmeted, suckling two children. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z Among other dangers that the mountaineer has to reckon with are ice avalanches and cornices. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z Sixteen white columns, four on each side, supported a splendidly friezed architrave and cornice, above which, on each side, was a frontispiece, with passages in the life of Columbus figured in bas-relief. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Fragments of inscriptions, of carved mouldings and cornices, marble pillars and antique fountains, are met with in every courtyard. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z And week after week, with incredible velocity, there arose on the violated earth the huge foolish cages of brick and mortar, pierced with square holes, surmounted with sham cornices, encrusted with shameful stucco ornaments. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Over the tomb, six columns of grey Dinant marble, crowned with Corinthian capitals, support an oval marble cornice with richly carved and gilt consoles of wood. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z A cornice is a mass of snow projecting over the edge of a precipice, and resting upon empty space. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z The tower measures 86 feet in height, and 26 feet in diameter at the level of the first entire course, the diameter under the cornice being only 15 feet. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Ceilings, walls, and cornices were ornamented in stucco in shallow relief. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z A wreath of lucernes beautifully ornamented, through which the blue sky peeped and swallows building their nests flew in and out, formed as it were the jewel in the architecture of the cornice. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Fret-work and hexagonal points frame the windows, while a broad cornice on consoles carries the roof. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z Its cornice, attributed to Simon Pollajo, is the most beautiful known to modern times. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z The chain, and that which it supported, depended from a solid bolt let into the rock, but the latter overhung it in a cornice or lip, which projected nearly half a yard. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z By the third century there were 400 temples in Rome, but the simple form of the early buildings was hidden with excessive ornamentation, and frieze and cornice were loaded with carving and figures. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z A tiny thread of water trickled down a well-worn channel, and from every cornice and cranny trailed a profusion of the most delicate maiden-hair ferns. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z But what particularly struck the friends was the brilliant beauty of the arabesques that covered the ceilings, and the exquisite chiselling of the cornices, and the framework of the windows. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z It possesses besides a deep cornice of marble, supported by brackets of the most elaborate design. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The M.T.A.’s proposed design is lower in height than the surrounding row houses and lacks a continuous cornice line. City Room: M.T.A. Plant for Greenwich Village Finds It Hard to Blend In 2011-06-15T20:59:08Z The ceiling of the auditorium is superbly frescoed and the cornice is adorned with medallions of Shakespeare, Haydn, Schiller, Goethe, Dickens, Handel, Scott, Longfellow, Mozart, Tennyson, and Beethoven. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Hear her, oh, hear her!" screamed the lawyer, appealing to the cornice, "if that is not upright and downright insanity, show me a maniac in Bedlam. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z There were dumb, paralysed men, who stood helplessly and hopelessly beneath cornices and chimneys that toppled over and crushed them. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z We now came to a great palace which seemed built of ebony, with foundations, doors, and cornices of bronze. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Its size is 90×120 feet, ground plan, and four stories in height, or seventy-one feet from lower floor to cornice. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z I have no doubt I shall find them along the cornice when I hang the pictures on that side of the room. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z A dark cornice in an interior may appear to be unsupported if the walls below are light in color, without any apparent vertical supports for the cornice. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Ruth and Agnes would not hear to his helping trim the tree; but it was Neale’s agility that made it possible for the rope of green to be festooned from the heavy ceiling cornices. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z This, too, was corniced, and in a remarkable way. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z A mosque is built against its wall, and the cornice is built on by the storks, but the temple still preserves much of beauty. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z Since twelve o'clock last night I have been carrying on existence without either frieze or cornice, and, like the tower of Babel, I have no cupola. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z They had spared nothing, neither columns, nor cornices, and my poor little friend was as yellow as a canary. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The central window, with elaborate blinds and lateral sashes, carried up the outline of that ponderous wooden portico to the still more ponderous cornices on the roof. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z At the beginning and at the end, the cornice hung out to the right; in the middle, a reversed section of it overhung the abyss on the left. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z The next room was 14 feet by 8 feet, and the remains of a cornice held on to the outer wall. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z Hence, I think the propped machicolations of the Palazzo Vecchio and Duomo of Florence far grander headings than any form of Greek cornice. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The capital was small and simple, and the architrave, frieze, and cornice were rather plain and massive. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z It consists of three principal divisions—the architrave immediately above the abacus of the column, next the frieze, and then the cornice. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z I was on a needle peak that rose so abruptly that even cornices cannot build out very far on it. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z The 12-story Postal Telegraph structure is of precise gray brick, with a deeply recessed entryway, attractive carving in terra cotta and unusual recessed loggias under a projecting cornice at the top floor. \| City Hall Park: A Long-Running Mismatch 2011-03-25T09:00:26Z She lay back on the cushions an instant, with her chin up and her eyes on the window cornice. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z It was a gorgeous studio, with a coved ceiling painted in fresco and a rococo plaster cornice, the walls hung with old tapestry, eastern stuffs and other "properties." Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The Lady of the Lake stood barefooted on the keystone and held up the cornice. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z The windows lighting these chambers come immediately above the cornice, and the wall continues above them again. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The landscape of mostly single-family homes has a pleasing uniformity about it, enhanced especially by the row houses whose alternating round and squared-off bays, topped by colorful cornices, create an eye-catching tableau along 73rd Street. \| Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: You?ll Notice There?s a Bridge 2011-03-11T18:51:45Z Way up, the cornice cut the blue with its dark line. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z I to the hills will lift mine eyes, Where mantling cloud or cornice clings, To catch a glimpse of paradise, And turn again—to little things! Songs of the Prairie 2011-03-05T03:00:26.390Z He hooked the ladder to the broad cornices of each floor above him and ran up it like a cat. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Rare old paintings adorned the wall, and the cornices were fretted with gold. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Then there came a short troublesome bit of snow scramble, where the heaped-up cornice had fallen back from the final rock. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Numerous plates illustrate details of doors, windows, mouldings, cornices, porches, etc. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z A trooper caught his huge cavalry spurs in the meshes of a lace curtain in one of the parlors and brought down cornice, lambrequin, and all with a crash. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z It had the high wainscots, the broad staircases, the carved cornices, and all the other blessed old peculiarities of the age in which it was built, which we irreverently have improved away. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z If I remember aright, the ceiling and cornice are very dark, and the wall-paper is a dismal green, patched with a gold fleur-de-lis, and it has been on too long to be healthy.' Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Domes were noble, loggias elegant, pilasters decorative, cornices well proportioned, ceilings splendid. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Then there is a gap in the building, and from the large number of fragments of marble lying at the bottom of the well we concluded that the frieze and cornice had fallen out. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z During the interim he sat on top of a ladder and dabbed contentedly at a scroll-work cornice with a small red paint brush. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z He shot forth a long arm to seize the overhanging rock cornice and drag his body over the ledge. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Public soup houses, Café Temperance——The house is sixty feet high and the cornice is crumbling——They hate me——they hate me because I rob them of liberty. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z So the last minutes of the afternoon passed but the sunshine still reddened the cornices of the houses across the street when she rose to put away the tea-things. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z The pediment, or rather its upper outline, is still in its place, clear of the architrave, and built into the rock so as to remain without its supporting cornice. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The capitals and the cornice which surmounts them are richly ornamented with sculptured foliage, and, so far as it goes, the whole effect is one of liberality and luxury of treatment. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z No one, to be sure, had sought to frighten them, and all day long they had fluttered about from side to side, perching on cornices or on green plants. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z It was a funny thing to call one's father, she remembered thinking at the time, and did not seem to have any connection with the cornice. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z The look on my face must have betrayed my disappointment because he added hastily: "I'm in bathroom fitments, not ornamental cornicing, or anything." Harry Pearson: The art of ruling oneself out 2011-02-04T00:06:00Z Massive pilasters with heavy cornices, tall, deep windows, huge doorways, and flat roofs, are the distinguishing features of this style of building. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z There are still a few unoccupied niches and cornices, which some day may yet be peopled with other figures as gaunt. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z On the ceiling was the 'Stave,' which exists in the coat-of-arms of the House of Este, and along the cornices friezes were formed of musical instruments carved in the wood. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Some columns, a piece of the heavy wall, sections of lintel, pediment, and cornice still stand. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Brush the dust off the cornice and over the doors and windows. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z Further decoration is found in a panel beneath the cornice ornamented with various designs, such as a horn of plenty, floral subjects, or classical scenes. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z In many of those old mansions, grand in proportion, elaborate with cornice, there was nothing but famine. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z There were three doors opening into spacious rooms, and each was uncarpeted and undraped, save for the grey webs which drooped from the cornice, and rosettes of lichen which had formed upon the walls. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Between the two windows, as all around the room, was a wainscoting of varnished wood, topped at a height of six feet by a cornice. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Two shots sounded simultaneously, and when the smoke had cleared away, there was neither arquebuse, nor arquebusier—nor yet the cornice of the wall, to be seen. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z The top shows the usual eagle decoration, though the cornice is overhanging, fixing the date of manufacture early in the nineteenth century. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z "Nothing could be more distinct; it amounts to demonstration," he said, raising his head, putting his hands into his trousers-pockets, and looking slowly round the cornice. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z They saw what we saw at the same time, a whole block of capitals and cornices falling to the ground and more flames rising in angry pillars of fire. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z Above the cornice was the plain plastered wall. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Two pieces of cornice like those along the Yankee Stadium roof are positioned near the first- and third-base lines. Challenge for Yankees: Capturing a Life in a Patch 2010-07-15T02:22:00Z The overhanging cornice came into vogue early in the nineteenth century. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z They walked through the Art Nouveau district, and she pointed to the tortured stone faces in the cornice of the law school. Salvatore Scibona: “The Kid.” 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z Here, light slivers through the open cornices, the cavernous walls cool your skin, and time seems to slow. \| Astoria: The East River?s Mediterranean Village 2010-05-20T20:28:00Z Using one of the iron dogs as a chisel, Patrice broke down the cornice and lifted the first board. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z The crane slowly tipped and hit the building’s decorative cornice, knocking terra cotta tile and brick to the sidewalk but causing no structural damage, he said. Operator?s License Suspended After Crane Falls 2010-03-29T03:20:00Z It is about a foot and a half in length, its frame of gilt surmounted by a cornice and gilt pineapple, with claw feet. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Bold cornices and brick facades glow in the twilight. Complaint Box \| They're Stealing My Sky 2010-03-12T19:53:00Z The team had new sheet metal fabricated for the cornices. Solving a Mystery Covered by 137 Years of Paint 2010-02-24T23:43:00Z I came at length to a place where the edge was solid ice, which rose to the level of the cornice, the latter appearing as if merely stuck against it. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The kitchen dresser may be made of the usual shape, though the cornice seems superfluous, as it is too high for anything but dust to rest upon it. Household Organization From the ceilings, corniced with fretted gold, great chandeliers hung, one of which, it is said, was so large that it contained one thousand and eighty-four lamps. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) It’s taking our treetops and cornices and sky. Complaint Box \| They're Stealing My Sky 2010-03-12T19:53:00Z “We were able to save 30 percent of the 34 Greene Street cornice,” Mr. Allen said. Solving a Mystery Covered by 137 Years of Paint 2010-02-24T23:43:00Z The edges were overhung with fretted cornices, from which depended long clear icicles, tapering from their abutments like spears of crystal. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Mottoes in old English character, which is similar to the German Gothic type used in Switzerland, form an appropriate decoration to the cornice of the room. Household Organization In the Guadagni palace at Florence, by S. Pollajuolo, there is a third storey, consisting of an open gallery, which gives the depth of shadow otherwise afforded by the projecting cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Battlements were originally military, but were afterwards used freely in ecclesiastical and civil buildings by way of ornament, on parapets, cornices, tabernacle work, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Will the cornices last 137 years, the way the originals did? Solving a Mystery Covered by 137 Years of Paint 2010-02-24T23:43:00Z I had descended with extreme slowness and caution for some time, when looking over the edge of the cornice I saw a row of pointed rocks at some distance below me. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. If the cornice is not already "picked out," as the decorators term it, in colour—that is, delicately tinted in distemper—it should be done, as it is a great improvement. Household Organization But instead of the lintel the arch has been introduced, and the ornament in stucco representing the Persian cavetto cornice shows imperfect knowledge of the original and is clumsily worked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" To make out he came forward and leaned over the stone cornice at the end of the railings, with Elsie on one side of him and Harriet Caw on the other. Deep Moat Grange The harmony spread over the whole becomes more conspicuous when contrasted with the dark shadows occasioned by the projecting drip of the cornice; above, the magnificent pediment crowns the whole. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The ladder was placed from ledge to cornice, both of its ends being supported by snow. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. This quantity of material is sufficient to tint every cornice in the house. Household Organization The cornices, string courses and lintels of the doors of these tombs of the 4th and 5th centuries, are enriched with carving, showing strong Byzantine influence, though probably due to the employment of Greek artists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" As the Georgian details were developed, the gable-roofed dormer was used with the cornice moldings of porches and door frames. Remodeled Farmhouses The chert beds are very hard, and where the strata are horizontal, as above the Undercliff, project like a cornice at the top of the cliff. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight A groove ran between the ice and snow, and along this groove I marched until the cornice became unsafe, and I had to betake myself to the ice. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Corbel Table.—A row of corbels supporting an overhanging parapet or cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The walls are in red brick, the decorative portions, consisting of superimposed pilasters with mullioned and transomed windows, cornices and gable end, all being in stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" After the cornices and the wainscoting were restored, the woodwork, including the encased beams in the ceiling, was painted white. Remodeled Farmhouses Perhaps the finest piece of the Upper Greensand is Gore Cliff above Niton lighthouse, a great vertical wall with the cornice of dark chert strata overhanging at the top. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight Going on to the old Cathedral Square, we faced the ancient Exchange with its splendid cornice and decorations of medallion heads of the bygone kings and warriors of Aragon. Glories of Spain The gables are crowned by a deep and heavy cornice of moulded brick and the openings are grouped with but little skill. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance These columns carry an architrave, frieze richly sculptured with figure subjects, cornice and wall above rising to the roof. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The original wainscot with its molded cap divides the wall surface in an agreeable proportion, and the rather heavy cornice moldings at the ceiling line relieve the emphasis of the great beams. Remodeled Farmhouses At a height of about forty feet, occurs a beautiful stalactite cornice from which starts a noble dome, or "Artesonado" ceiling, most ingeniously made in inlaid wood, and gorgeously decorated. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. Above the doorway is a very effective cornice and above that an admirable rose window: altogether a rare example of the Italian Romanesque. Glories of Spain It rises by successive stages, each taller than the last, each stage being marked by a rich brick cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Moreover, the classic style lent itself more readily to the horizontal lines given by string courses, cornices and ranges of windows, which naturally exist in dwelling-houses on account of the various storeys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The pediment and cornice were then extended into the open porch that is one of the splendid features of the Georgian style. Remodeled Farmhouses The frames of the looking-glasses and the cornices of the curtains were also of rosewood, ornamented with similar raised work of silver gilt. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 He was up on the roof of the Continental Fire Insurance building, out on the cornice, and looked down on the procession. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl Telling, simple, and graceful, this building owes its effect chiefly to its well-designed openings and a characteristic brick cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The Corinthian order is employed for the ground and first storeys and an attic storey above, in which the pilaster capitals run into the bedmold of the upper cornice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Here in cornice and capital was a field for the development of all the most delicate and beautiful motives of classic carving. Remodeled Farmhouses And all these windows were elaborately draped in a would-be Renaissance style, with many loops and festoons, and with big gilt cornices above. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Suddenly he stood facing her, his arms folded as Cavanaugh had seen him stand studying the masonry he was building, an arch, a pillar, or cornice. The Cottage of Delight A Novel A deep and elaborate cornice now crowns the whole, but it was originally designed to add a high-pitched roof or a spire as a terminal. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The second storey, also octagonal, was set back sufficiently to allow a passage round, and this was crowned by a similar stalactite cornice and balustrade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The window casings, like the door frames, were at first entirely plain and then had a heavier band across the top which developed into a molded cap or cornice, as at the entrance. Remodeled Farmhouses The house is a very fine building, built of brick, with free-stone cornices, window caps, &c. My First Campaign The ceiling was begrimed with smoke and dirt, cobwebs not only decorated the cornices and the carved figures on the chimneypiece, but much of the panelling on the walls themselves was cracked and broken. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance Like the Riccardi, it is of three storeys, with a bold projecting cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The treasury of the Cnidians at Delphi was Ionic, judging by the carved ornament enriching the cornice and architraves, and in the Naxian votive column we have another early example of an early voluted capital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The moldings about the frame and over the mantel are unusually fine for this type of house; the support of the heavy mantel shelf and the carved dentils in the ceiling cornice are especially interesting. Remodeled Farmhouses On its external front one of these galleries may have a cornice and half-pillars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Full-length copper gutters are incorporated into the eaves and project approximately six inches above and beyond the cornice. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia It is very lofty, and has a great height of unpierced wall over each storey of windows, and is crowned by a bold and highly-enriched cornice—an unusual thing for Rome. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance There are three storeys to the building, subdivided horizontally by string courses, and terminated with a fine cornice carrying a balustrade, and vertically by a series of pilasters of the Corinthian order. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Whether it is well placed and rightly proportioned, whether it has a proper overhang, good roof lines, and adequately supported cornice, affects to a very great extent the style and character of the house. Remodeled Farmhouses At the tip of the low cornice is a weatherbeaten bird house, a miniature Greek Parthenon, where the wrens built their nests. Hempfield A Novel Identical plain wooden cornices are used on the front and rear of the two wings of the house. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia The main cornice is a kind of compromise between an Italian and a Gothic treatment. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance All 390 the churches are built in fine ashlar masonry, with moulded archivolts and architraves to doorways and windows, and moulded string courses and cornices of simple design. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Its flat pilasters and well-proportioned cornice illustrate the restraint and refinement in the work of even the average builders. Remodeled Farmhouses A Romanesque modillion carved with a human head, under the cornice. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The entire room has a cornice molding of stained wood, matching the paneling used for the stairs, the fireplace, and the built-in cabinets flanking the fireplace. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia Pilasters, cornices, and panels are executed in cut bricks, and for arches, niches, and window heads very finely jointed bricks are employed. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The archivolts of the great arches on each side of the octagonal court consist of architrave, frieze and cornice, copied from the arch of the propylaca at Baalbek or other Roman work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" There was one other part of the exterior which developed interesting characteristics to be observed in the remodeling: that is, the cornice of the roof. Remodeled Farmhouses A Romanesque modillion carved with a human head, under the cornice. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Bedroom walls have plain plaster finish and plain wooden baseboards, no cornices, and no chair rail. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia It is divided into the architrave, which rests on the columns, the frieze and the cornice. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Then there's the drill of building a chain—making a line of ladders from the roof to the street—and getting from the upper window out over the cornice. An Amateur Fireman Here we may have the same details and the same proportions as in the cornice of the roof, or the fireplace within. Remodeled Farmhouses The saddleback roof rests north and south on a cornice supported by modillions. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The cornice in the living room is of cypress wood. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia The strongly-marked horizontal lines of cornices, arcades, &c., the moulded gables, the great wheel-window set in a square panel, and the use of marble of various colours, are all points to note. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The converging lines of the lower cornice of the buildings, of the curbs and of the lamp posts, carry the eye forward to this motif and to the fa�ade of the court house. Down Town Brooklyn A Report to the Comptroller of the City of New York on Sites for Public Buildings and the Relocation of the Elevated Railroad Tracks now in Lower Fulton Street, Borough of Brooklyn The cornice should follow the detail of the entrance door or the house cornice; and it is effective and increases the apparent unity to repeat the decoration of the one on the other. Remodeled Farmhouses The cornice is supported by modillions carved with rough human heads or molded in quarter-round. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album
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