Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ............................. Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary .............................
Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Order
Architecture
In classical architecture, a column with base, shaft (except for Doric style), capital, and entablature, decorated and proportioned according to one of the accepted modes - Doric , Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, or Composite
See Chapter 1 - The Origins of the Three Orders in Vitruvius Pollio, "The Ten Books on Architecture"
Furniture
Used in furniture, also
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: Birge Memorial - Doric order
Other examples:
