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Pediments

Scope note

Triangular gable walls above the horizontal cornice of a classically treated building; also, triangular or roughly triangular elements, sometimes curved, or broken at the center, surmounting porticoes or openings. Common also on furniture, including as bonnet tops.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30002726

Equivalent Terms used

pediment

Created

13yrs ago

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