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

Engaged

Architecture

Attached to a wall by being partly embedded or bonded to it

Engaged column: A column partially attached to a wall and projecing from 1/3 to 3/4 of the extent of its diameter

Found in almost all styles of architecture


Furniture

Engaged column: A column partially attached to a wall and projecing from 1/3 to 3/4 of the extent of its diameter


Examples from Buffalo:

Other examples:



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