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
FurnitureUsed in furniture making
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: 143 Linwood Avenue
- Overmantel - Philip Smith House / College Club House
- Fireplace - Buffalo Seminary
- Exterior plaster foliate on frieze - Horace Reed House
- Exterior plaster - 143 Linwood Avenue
- Newel post - Edward Harvey House. 91 Jewett Parkway
- Furniture: Pier glass foliage - Horace Reed House, 94 Oakland Place
- Furniture: cabinet - Edward Harvey House. 91 Jewett Parkway
- Furniture: George III Secretary - Dana Tillou Fine Arts
- Furniture: Empire bookcase engaged column - Old Editions Book Shop and Café
Other examples: