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pilaster (noun) - A pilaster is an architectural element resembling a flat column that is used for decoration and structure support
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- A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
- A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.
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At the top of each pilaster is a mosaic tile.
A pilaster separates the two bays of windows.
Its mosque past is being represented by a funeral pilaster.
On the right pilaster is a double crescent ornament.
Brick is also used for pilaster strips.
A pilaster marks the south corner.
The bottom part of each pilaster is rusticated.
Each window is divided from its neighbour by a pilaster.
Child on the pilaster in the nave.
It is located between two of the chapels on a pilaster strip.
This is carried on pilaster shafts with four carved lions.
In the centre of each side is a pilaster buttress.
Its extensive pilaster work and mosaic flooring are noteworthy.
Between the arcades are pilaster buttresses.
Each bay here is separated by a simple limestone pilaster.
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At each edge of the facade a pilaster extends up to the parapet.
The upper portion of a column or pilaster.
Panels between the pilaster capitals are decorated with festoons.
To either side of the door is a window and an unadorned pilaster.
The capital of each pilaster column features a small circular medaillon.
Quarter points of the arc have stone pilaster ornamentation.
The carvings on the pilaster include those of animals and flowers.
Between each arch is a pilaster.
Pilaster strips alternate with downpipes bearing the family crest.
The roofline has stone pinnacles above each pilaster.
Parapet walls articulated by central pilaster strips run between the plinths.
The pilaster jambs and frames of the first floor are mostly white.
The entrance features side lights with a pilaster and entablature surround.
When a pilaster appears at the corner intersection of two walls it is known as a canton.
The granite base is capped with a dome built of brick and pilaster.
The decorative pilaster is framed inside a torana over two shorter pilaster supports.
The large central room on the ground floor has a beautiful pilaster.
Push a single pilaster in the position of the hole directly below the platform.
The oldest part of the building is allocated with vertical niches and ionic pilaster portico.
Each pilaster forms a compound unit with the pier and column on either side of it.
Its molded wooden surround and mantelpiece have square pilaster capitals below a frieze with a floral pattern.
The pilaster can be replaced by ornamental brackets supporting the entablature or a balcony over a doorway.
Only the northern one has maintained the original decoration with pilaster strips and small arches.
At the base and top of the pilaster decorated with ghata pallava with scroll design.
Capital The topmost member of a column or pilaster.
Pilaster strips, depending on door height.
Each face of these pillars is adorned with a Doric pilaster.
The base of a building, of a pilaster or of a statue.
Each pillar has its front decorated with a Doric pilaster.
It has a pediment, pilaster terminated windows in an otherwise standard fascade.
During the Renaissance and Baroque architects used a range of pilaster forms.
Around the church are pilaster buttresses, and a corbelled frieze.
A pilaster is an architectural element, used as a support, terminated by a base and a marquee.
The lance rests on a column, which connects directly to the left pilaster.
On the right pilaster there is a star, a crescent moon and a thunderbolt to be seen.
