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The quatrefoils of the dado arcade were painted with scenes of saints and martyrs and inset with painted and gilded glass, emulating Limoges enamels, while rich textiles hangings added to the richness of the interior.
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quatrefoils and arcade
The carved tracery decoration in Gothic style ( including quatrefoils, fleurs-de-lis and rosettes ) by Huguet in the ambulatory forms a successful combination with the Manueline style in the arcade screens, added later by Mateus Fernandes.
quatrefoils and were
Its graphic symbols, including quatrefoils and flowers ( as well as the LV monogram ), were based on the trend of using Japanese and Oriental designs in the late Victorian era.
quatrefoils and with
The Director shows four main styles: English with deep carving, elaborate French rococo in the style of Louis XV furniture, Chinese style with latticework and lacquer, and Gothic with pointed arches, quatrefoils and fret-worked legs.
A further decorative treatment appears in the elaborate paneling of the merlons and that portion of the parapet walls rising above the cornice, by the introduction of quatrefoils and other conventional forms filled with foliage and shield.
Some of these features may persist in one of the current Eyre coats of arms, which features three gold quatrefoils on a black chevron with a white background.
It displays crocketed pinnacles, a pierced parapet with quatrefoils and arcades in the merlons and gargoyles.
The embattled parapet is pierced by quatrefoils, the merlons pierced with lancet openings.
quatrefoils and .
* Perforated parapets are pierced in various designs such as circles, trefoils, quatrefoils.
Porticos rise gently intertwining and drawing open marbles in quatrefoils or similar figures.
Apart from stalactites in the shape of trefoils and quatrefoils, the decoration of Astvatsatsin church features ornaments of rosettes and various geometrical figures.
The practicalities of building window tracery in this way severely limited the complexity of designs that could be produced and although plate tracery designs evolved over the course of the 12th and early 13th centuries, in practice, the only real variation was in the number and size of lancets and in the trefoils, quatrefoils and oculi used to fill the spaces above them.
The facade is ornamented by repeated sequences of quatrefoils, and figures designed by Charles Adamson, which represent abtsract ideals like justice, as well as more ordinary pursuits such a mining and farming.
dado and were
This involved retrimming the carpet, dado panels and seat moquette and the two toilets were repainted.
dado and painted
Beneath the main scenes at dado level, Giotto used a faux architectural scheme of painted marble decorations and small recesses containing figures of the Virtues and Vices painted in grisaille ( monotone ).
dado and with
With the exception of a high dado, made of marble slabs with bands of mosaic between them, the whole interior surface of the walls, including soffits and jambs of all the arches, is covered with minute mosaic-pictures in bright colors on a gold ground.
For example, the portico of the Villa displays a dado rail, with mock picture frames located above.
The monument to Gridley at Canton Corner is of Quincy Granite and the dado of Randolph Granite are faced with polished tablets bearing several inscriptions including " I shall fight for justice and my country ", " I love my God, my country, and my neighbor as myself.
At nineteen, Spaziani founded the review Il dado, working with collaborators such as Vasco Pratolini, Sandro Penna and Vincenzo Ciaffi.
By starting a cut with a dado and then raising the blade to leave a splitter tab of uncut wood, this type of kickback can be avoided, but raising the blade during a cut cannot be done unless anti-kickback hold downs are used, so it is safe to raise the blade with a free hand.
* Sub fence: A piece of wood clamped to the rip fence allows a dado set to cut into the rip fence, allowing rabbet cuts with a dado blade.
8 inch stacked dado sets are not recommended for saws with 1 or fewer HP.
In addition to making length cuts, a radial arm saw may be configured with a dado blade to create cuts for dado, rabbet or half lap joints.
The dado rail is traditionally part of the dado and, although the purpose of the dado is mainly aesthetic in modern homes, the dado rail still provides the wall with protection from furniture and other contact.
The purpose of the dado treatment to a wall is twofold: historically, the panelling below the dado rail was installed to cover the lower part of the wall, which was subject to stains associated with rising damp ; additionally the dado rail ( also known as the chair rail ) provided protection from furniture, in particular the backs of chairs.
A rabbet can be used to form a joint with another piece of wood ( often containing a dado ).
On the exterior a highly-polished shoulder-height dado, veneered with veined and colored Minnesota granite, presents a glistening variegated surface to the pedestrian passing at close distance and offers a discreet inscription near a corner:
A dado set or dado blade is a type of circular saw blade, usually used with a table saw or radial arm saw, which is used to cut dadoes or grooves in woodworking.
dado and gilded
* The Single Cube Room: This room is a complete cube, wide and high ; has pine panelling gilded and white, and is carved from dado to cornice.
dado and added
The chippers are added or removed to the set as required to make a dado of the desired width.
dado and interior
Hence wainscot or wainscotting became a panelling style applied to the lower of an interior wall, below the dado rail or chair rail and above the baseboard or skirting board.
dado and .
Dado blades can make different width grooves by addition or removal of chipper blades of various widths between the outer dado blades.
This first type is called a stacked dado blade.
There is another type of dado blade capable of cutting variable width grooves.
An adjustable dado blade utilizes a movable locking cam mechanism that causes the blade to wobble sideways more or less.
This allows continuously variable groove width from the lower to upper design limits of the dado.
Like most of eighteenth century wallpapers, this was designed to be hung above a dado.
American cabinet saws are normally designed to accept a 13 / 16 " wide stacked dado blade in addition to a standard saw blade.
Note that American woodworkers are likely to use a stacked dado blade to cut dados ( square sectioned grooves ) where European woodworkers might use a shaper or other tool for this task.
* Stacked dado: Saws made for the US market are generally capable of using a stacked dado blade set.
Stacked dado sets are available in 6 inch and 8 inch diameters.
Other inserts can be bought or created in the same manner, such as a dado insert.
On the side wall, under the windows, the marble dado rises to but little more than half this height.
However the ornate carving continues into the dado rails, and onto the Corinthian columns supporting the huge venetian window.
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