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Horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture
In architecture, a cornice (from Italian cornice 'ledge') is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element
Cornice
window cornice is an ornamental framework of wood or composition to which window curtains are attached by rods with rings or hooks. Cornices are often
Window_cornice
Overhanging edge of snow
A snow cornice or simply cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is an overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along
Snow_cornice
Topics referred to by the same term
Cornice Peak may refer to any of three mountain peaks in British Columbia and Alberta: Cornice Peak (Canadian Rockies), in the Continental Ranges of the
Cornice_Peak
2007 video by Pearl Jam
Immagine in Cornice, Italian for "picture in a frame", is a live concert film documenting the 2006 five-concert tour of Italy by the American alternative
Immagine_in_Cornice
Road on the side of a cliff or mountain
route à corniche or "road on a ledge", itself derived from the Italian cornice, for "ledge". Three famed corniche roads of the Côte d'Azur in the French
Corniche
Rock bridge
North West Cornice (53°4′S 73°26′E / 53.067°S 73.433°E / -53.067; 73.433) is a narrow rock ridge descending in a northwest direction from Big Ben on
North_West_Cornice
Ladder on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
monks used the cornice to grow greens and vegetables. In Charles William Wilson's engraving, pots with plants are depicted on the cornice next to the Immovable
Immovable_Ladder
Topics referred to by the same term
Cornice Mountain may refer to: Cornice Mountain (Cambria Icefield) Cornice Mountain (Stikine Icecap) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Cornice_Mountain
Mountain in the country of Canada
Cornice Peak, 2093 m (6867 feet), is a mountain in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the west side
Cornice_Peak_(Kitimat_Ranges)
Mountain in the country of Canada
Cornice Peak, 2824 m -> 9265 feet, is a mountain in the Sir Sandford Range of the Selkirk Mountains subdivision of the Columbia Mountains in British Columbia
Cornice Peak (Selkirk Mountains)
Cornice_Peak_(Selkirk_Mountains)
Mountain in the country of Canada
Stikine Rivers. Cornice Mountain (Cambria Icefield) Cornice Ridge Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia entry BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cornice Mountain" v t e 57°08′12″N
Cornice Mountain (Stikine Icecap)
Cornice_Mountain_(Stikine_Icecap)
Alpine lake in the state of Idaho
Cornice Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
Cornice_Lake
Ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens
part it. These pieces of the cornice are lined on the inside with an array of holes, supporting the idea that the cornice was held in place by dowels,
Temple_of_Athena_Nike
Element in classical, neoclassical and baroque architecture
triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns. In ancient
Pediment
Ornate supporting bracket in architecture
balcony, cornice band or roof cornice. Modillions occur classically under a Corinthian or a Composite cornice but may support any type of eaves cornice. They
Modillion
Mountain in British Columbia, Canada
Cornice Mountain, 2,339 metres (7,674 ft), is a mountain in the Cambria Icefield of the Boundary Ranges of the northern Coast Mountains in British Columbia
Cornice Mountain (Cambria Icefield)
Cornice_Mountain_(Cambria_Icefield)
Concave architectural moulding
element of decoration in classical architecture, the prominent cavetto cornice is a common feature of the ancient architecture of Egypt and the Ancient
Cavetto
Architectural element
frieze (an unmolded strip that may or may not be ornamented), and the cornice (the projecting member below the pediment). The Greek and Roman temples
Entablature
United States historic place
The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building is a Beaux-Arts style industrial office building located at 733 St. Antoine Street (at East Lafayette Street)
Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building
Detroit_Cornice_and_Slate_Company_Building
Machine for bending sheet metal
brake is a metalworking machine that allows the bending of sheet metal. A cornice brake only allows for simple bends and creases, while a box-and-pan brake
Brake_(sheet_metal_bending)
Architectural feature
it may be called a tympanum. A lunette is also formed when a horizontal cornice transects a round-headed arch at the level of the imposts, where the arch
Lunette
An eave return (also a cornice return) is an element in Neoclassical architecture where the line of roof eave on a gable end comes down to a point, then
Eave_return
In architecture, a plain horizontal frieze or band
frieze or band under a roof edge, or which forms the outer surface of a cornice, visible to an observer. Typically consisting of a wooden board, unplasticized
Fascia_(architecture)
Covering on the uppermost part of a window
(1643–1730), elaborate and theatrical treatments placed high emphasis on the cornice and pelmet as a way to finish off the top of a window treatment. Valances
Window_valance
Monument in Brussels, Belgium
civilisation and for the good of Belgium. Leopold II, 3 June 1906) and on the cornice: Opgericht ter eere der eerste belgische baanbrekers / Monument élevé aux
Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo
Monument_to_the_Belgian_Pioneers_in_Congo
17th century architecture located in Bijapur, Karnataka, India
screen containing doorways and windows. Cornices project from the building, supported by corbels. Atop the cornices are rows of small arches, which are topped
Gol_Gumbaz
Mountain in Alberta, Canada
Cornice Peak, 3188 m (10459 feet), is a mountain in the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. Cornice Peak (disambiguation) Bivouac
Cornice Peak (Canadian Rockies)
Cornice_Peak_(Canadian_Rockies)
Wide central section part of an entablature
upon the architrave ("main beam") and is capped by the moldings of the cornice. A frieze can be found on many Greek and Roman buildings, the Parthenon
Frieze
Antarctic island
BGLE under Rymill. So named in 1954 by the UK-APC because a prominent cornice overhangs the ice cliff on the Galindez Island side of the channel. Alberts
Galindez_Island
Arch-like historical bulinding in Lisbon, Portugal
various historical figures. Significant height from the arch crown to the cornice imparts an appearance of heaviness to the structure. The associated space
Rua_Augusta_Arch
Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy
building seem lighter and taller as the eye moves upward to the massive cornice that caps and clearly defines the building's outline. Michelozzo was influenced
Palazzo_Medici_Riccardi
One-inch hard disk format by IBM and Hitachi
Inc. had started promoting mini-HDD (small form factor hard disk drive). Cornice was founded in 2000. Based in Longmont (Colorado), it quickly came out
Microdrive
Monument by Gianlorenzo Bernini
columns each of which stands on a high marble plinth. The columns support a cornice which curves inwards in the middle of each side. Above this, four twice-life-size
St._Peter's_Baldachin
Formerly one of the final and most challenging parts in summiting Mt Everest
side was another great cornice, and running up the full forty feet [12 m] of the step was a narrow crack between the cornice and the rock. Leaving Tenzing
Hillary_Step
Exterior architectural feature
their repair being often undertaken simultaneously. A parapet wall or cornice tend to preclude eaves, as an alternate design, both favouring flat roofs
Soffit
Historic district in Texas, United States
arched windows on each floor and these pavilions are capped by a bracketed cornice. Iron balconies extend at the second and third floor levels. Additions
Alamo_Plaza_Historic_District
Manor in Isle of Wight, England
on the Isle of Wight, England. Built in 1712, it features a modillion cornice, hipped roof, as well as tall chimneys. Richard de Redvers obtained this
Thorley_Manor
Sheriff of Devon
Bampfield, ninth daughter, wife of William Lacy of Hartrow, Somerset. On the cornice of the monument to Richard Bampfield in Poltimore Church, are displayed
Richard_Bampfield
Subsidiary peak of Mount Everest
Mount Everest and 100 metres (330 ft) below it, connected to it by the Cornice Traverse and Hillary Step. It was first climbed by Charles Evans and Tom
South_Summit
c. 1530 painting by Moretto da Brescia
da Brescia. It is mainly oil on panel, although the two angels on the cornice are in tempera grassa verniciata. The whole work was originally in the
Assumption_Altarpiece
Historic church in Virginia, US
The church is topped by a steeply pitched gable roof with a box cornice and cornice returns. The church was restored after a fire gutted the interior
Upper Church, Stratton Major Parish
Upper_Church,_Stratton_Major_Parish
portion of the wall above the cornice which formed the termination of the roof behind it. The projecting mouldings of the cornice which surround it enclose
Glossary_of_architecture
19th-century phase of Classical architecture
roof is frequently hipped Projecting eaves supported by corbels Imposing cornice structures Pedimented windows and doors Arch-headed, pedimented or Serlian
Italianate_architecture
Style imitative of Italian palazzi
two hundred years, regardless of date, provided they are a symmetrical, corniced, basemented and with neat rows of windows. "Palazzo style" buildings of
Palazzo_style_architecture
Small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice
tooth) is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice. Dentils are found in ancient Greek and Roman architecture, and also in
Dentil
Storey or low wall above the cornice of a classical façade
architecture, the term attic refers to a storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade. The decoration of the topmost part of a building
Attic_(architecture)
Historic street in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
bays. Over the middle four bays of the central two houses is a dentilled cornice and pediment containing an oval plaque, and this pair of houses is flanked
St_Hilda's_Terrace
Historic building in Szczecin, Poland
Square, the facade had four axes. The individual floors were separated by cornices. The ground floor of the building was decorated with rustication, and windows
1_Farna_Street_building
United States historic place
low pitch of roof, the design of the windows, and the use of cornice boards and cornice returns." It has been listed on the National Register of Historic
William_Hamilton_House
Historic building in West Hollywood, California
decorated with gabled-pediments, dormers, casement windows, denticulated cornice, and a steep pitched slate roof punctuated with chimneys. The building
La_Fontaine_Building
House in North Yorkshire, England
brick with the front in Tadcaster limestone, on a plinth, with a moulded cornice, a low parapet, and a hipped Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and
Oxton_Hall
Country house in North Yorkshire, England
circular, with a cast iron staircase rising through it. There is a decorative cornice and frieze, which may be slightly later than 1804. The drawing room and
Brockfield_Hall
Hindu temple in West Bengal, India
arched openings on its sides. The front wall and the area beneath the cornice are adorned with bas-relief carvings, crafted from individual blocks. Currently
Radha_Gobind_Temple
Piece of masonry jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight
vocabulary of classical architecture, such as the modillions of a Corinthian cornice. The corbel arch and corbel vault use the technique systematically to make
Corbel
Building in Newby Wiske, North Yorkshire, England
rear additions. The main block has a plinth, a floor band, a frieze, a cornice and blocking course, and a hipped roof. In the centre is a two-storey porch
Newby_Wiske_Hall
Horizontal decorative fixture atop a pilaster, door, window, wall or cabinet
Crown molding (moulding in British and Commonwealth English) is a cornice of decorative molding installed where an interior wall meets the ceiling, and
Crown_molding
United States historic place
roof with projecting piers and brick coping and a molded metal secondary cornice. The walls are composed of painted, wire-drawn brick on the front and pressed
Littleton_Main_Street
Commercial offices in Al Dafna, Qatar
World Trade Center Doha at The Skyscraper Center Doha World Trade Centre is situated on the cornice in New Doha area, Qatar. Portal: Architecture v t e
World_Trade_Center_Doha
Palace in Mdina, Malta
between. A two-tiered palline losanghe cornice separates the ground floor from the first floor. This cornice is similar to the one at the nearby Palazzo
Palazzo_Santa_Sofia
Class of decorative elements in the ornamentation
Narrow molding used at the junction of a wall and ceiling, found under the cornice, of which it is a part. Similar to crown molding, a bed mold is used to
Molding_(decorative)
Austrian mountaineer (1984–2019)
photograph taken from the highway by a local climber from Canmore that a large cornice broke off above the snow basin and swept the route above "Life by the Drop"
Hansjörg_Auer
House in Paris, France
door jambs feature Nicolas Flamel's initials. Just below the ground floor cornice is a Middle French inscription: Nous homes et femes laboureurs demourans
House_of_Nicolas_Flamel
Mountain in Wales
walking on Y Garn when they went over a cornice overhanging a ridge. About 50 metres of snow collapsed when the cornice gave way creating an avalanche and
Y_Garn_(Glyderau)
Monumental gateway of an Egyptian temple
pylon consists of two pyramidal towers, each tapered and surmounted by a cornice, joined by a less elevated section enclosing the entrance between them
Pylon_(architecture)
Bridge in Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
plane of the cornice on the front walls). Due to long-term inattention and negligence, parts of the fence were destroyed - korkaluk, cornices over the front
Mustaj-bey_Bridge
Damage to stone caused by the oxidation of embedded metal
This 1902 cornice is nearly 9 feet (2.7 m) high, projects 7 feet (2.1 m) from the facade of the building and is 465 feet (142 m) long. The cornice was stabilized
Oxide_jacking
Commercial, offices in Vancouver, British Columbia
heritage building in 2018. Nine nude muses, the "nine maidens" supporting the cornice line can be seen. The terracotta for this building, including the ladies
Sun_Tower
Palace in Sicily, Italy
architect's stone signature, a lizard, is present in the left superior cornice. The palace was commissioned by the local Senate to replace its old home
Palazzo_Vermexio
Arc formed of snow across a crevasse
in terrain. It is typically formed by snow drift, which first creates a cornice, which may then grow to reach the other side of the opening. A snow bridge
Snow_bridge
Surya Temple in Gujarat, India
Kubera, Vayu and Ishan. Each figure in the panel is topped with a small cornice, above which sits a triangular pediment containing a chaitya-window, known
Sun_Temple,_Modhera
Town hall in Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
casement windows with cornices on the first floor, separated by Ionic order columns supporting a cornice, a frieze, a modillioned cornice, and a balustraded
Hôtel de Ville, Saint-Denis, Réunion
Hôtel_de_Ville,_Saint-Denis,_Réunion
Office skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois
Renaissance-inspired arches over the main entrance. The fifth floor has a cornice and provides a sense of closure for the floors below, and marks the transition
35_East_Wacker
Office building in Manhattan, New York
with ornate spandrel panels. There are six winged angels just below the cornice at the top of the building. On the inside, the first two stories are used
Bayard–Condict_Building
Historic house in Connecticut, United States
transom window, and is flanked by pilasters which rise to a frieze and cornice. The second story has a slight overhang above the first floor, and the
Eliphalet_Howd_House
Order of classical architecture
between bucrania. Above each festoon has a rosette over its center. The cornice does not have modillions. Indo-Corinthian capitals are capitals crowning
Corinthian_order
North American trade union
States and Canada. In 1887, Robert Kellerstrass, secretary of the Tin and Cornice Makers Association of Peoria, Illinois—a local sheet metal workers' union—began
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association
Sheet_Metal_Workers'_International_Association
2019 film
Retrieved 27 March 2024. ""Non sono un assassino", la Puglia ancora una volta cornice di grandi film". Puglia.com (in Italian). 1 May 2019. Retrieved 27 March
I'm_Not_a_Killer
Municipality in Basque Country, Spain
the longest in the Basque Country and one of longest of the Cantabrian cornice. The Mayor of Zarautz since 2015 has been Xabier Txurruka (Basque Nationalist
Zarautz
Historic courthouse in Virginia, US
single-story brick building, with a tall hipped roof with modillioned cornice, and three chimneys. It is laid out in a T shape, with the courtroom in
Hanover_County_Courthouse
United States historic place
in 1843. This structure is a square brick building, with a projecting cornice and a Greek Revival entrance framed by pilasters. The dome was equipped
Sears Tower – Harvard Observatory
Sears_Tower_–_Harvard_Observatory
Town hall in Troyes, France
floor, the bays were separated by Corinthian order pilasters supporting a cornice, and the first floor they were separated by paired Corinthian order columns
Hôtel_de_Ville,_Troyes
Austrian mountaineer (1924–1957)
bearings in the snowstorm and got too close to the edge of the cornice, whereupon the cornice gave way under his weight. Hermann Buhl was the first person
Hermann_Buhl
Medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland
the Zytglogge is determined by the 1770 renovation. Only the late Gothic cornice below the roof and the stair tower are visible artifacts of the tower's
Zytglogge
House in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
bands, a moulded eaves cornice and a parapet. On the ground floor is a shopfront with pilasters, an entablature and a dentilled cornice. To the left is a doorway
Highgate_House,_Beverley
United States historic place
with textured spandrels. It features a Doric entrance and an exuberant cornice. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic
McLachlen_Building
Gothic palace in Florence
block, with street level arches in a tall first story, with a protruding cornice surmounted by merlons. In the 14th century, the palazzo was divided between
Palazzo_Spini_Feroni
Listed building in North Yorkshire, England
bands extending as cornices, an archivolt with a keystone carved as a head, and flowers in the spandrels. Above it is a corniced pediment with a laurel
Beningbrough_Hall
Pub in Greater Manchester, England
on stone sills and topped with shallow arched brick heads. A dentilled cornice runs beneath the eaves. The first five bays appear to have been reconstructed
White_Horse,_Swinton
Building in Copenhagenm Denmark
facade. The fifth floor is separated from the lower floors by a dentillated cornice. The most distinctive feature of the Nørregade facade is a relief composition
Alexandrahus
Palace in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
popular tourist spot. The monument also has delicately modelled hanging cornices. Hawa Mahal (هوا محل) translates directly from Persian as 'wind palace'
Hawa_Mahal
Building in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
listed in 1987. The shops in the terrace are rendered, and have a moulded cornice, and roofs of slate and tile. There are two storeys and six bays. On the
6–14_Butcher_Row
Egyptian Pharaoh
Isheru", whose cult is typical of a more recent epoch. Furthermore, a cornice from Athribis bears both the cartouches of a Neferkare and a Wahibre; the
Pami_II
United States historic place
building features limestone with iron ornaments on its first two stories; a cornice with a terra cotta fretwork pattern at the top separates the second and
Coca-Cola_Building_(Chicago)
Tomb of Khan Jahan Ali
corners, with a curved cornice. The mosque exhibits minimal exterior ornamentation, characteristic of the Khan Jahan style. Two cornice mouldings encircle
Mausoleum_of_Khan_Jahan_Ali
Support of a statue or a vase
employed to divide up and decorate a building in several stories, the cornice of the pedestal was carried through and formed the sills of their windows
Pedestal
United States historic place
with red granite columns, a carved brick archway, an ornate carved brick cornice, cast stone arches, and corner turret with round cupola and finial rising
Grand Army of the Republic Building (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Building_(Scranton,_Pennsylvania)
Church in Azores, Portugal
the first floor an architrave, simple frieze and cornice and the second by just frieze and cornice) and in the three sections by a vertical pilasters
Church_of_São_Caetano_(Lomba)
Listed building in Lancashire, England
Lincoln (1251–1311) and John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399), a cornice, and architraves. It is currently the private residence of the Assheton
Downham_Hall
Residential building in Manhattan, New York
the boldly projecting top cornice. A strong secondary cornice above the fourth floor once made a conciliatory nod to the cornice lines of the private houses
907_Fifth_Avenue
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Love for Elevation
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vanamalin | வநாமலிந
Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian, French, Jamaican
Stone; Boulder; To Sing; Stony Spot; Stony Place
Boy/Male
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God
Girl/Female
Australian, Latin
Bright
Girl/Female
English French
Fair-haired; blonde.Spanish Blandina meaning flattering.
Male
French
Pet form of French Charles, CHARLOT means "man."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Visionary; Having the Faculty of Seeing
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vinapani | வீநாபநீ
Goddess Saraswati
CORNICE
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a.
Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.
n.
The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
n.
The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
a.
Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.
n.
A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.
v. i.
To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.
n.
Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
a.
Having a cornice.
n.
The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
n.
The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.
n.
A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column.
n.
A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
n.
That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.
n.
The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.
n.
The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.
n.
A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
n.
The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.
n.
The under side of a cornice; a soffit.
n.
The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.