Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ..................... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary

Applied composition

Architecture:

A detail that is shaped or carved separately, and later attached, usually with nails and/or glue, to the surface of a piece.

Often in the form of molding

Used extensively by Robert Adam

Contrasts with gougework


Furniture

Used in furniture making


Examples from Buffalo:

Other examples:



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