scagliola

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Richly detailed Rotunda Lobby, including restoration of the "scagliola" faux marble wainscot and recreation of the long-lost mural over the entrance doors

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  1. noun Plasterwork in imitation of ornamental marble, consisting of ground gypsum and glue colored with marble or granite dust.

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  • The round and square columns that encircle the rotunda have a marbleized finish, using a painting technique known as scagliola. —  Home
  • Richly detailed Rotunda Lobby, including restoration of the "scagliola" faux marble wainscot and recreation of the long-lost mural over the entrance doors —  Gothamist
  • Currently showcasing their extensive collection of scagliola stone and limestone pieces with wine, hors d'oeuvres, and some design chat. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • A flight of veined marble steps leads to the vestibule, with a floor of scagliola, and twelve large Ionic columns and sixteen pilasters of verde antique_. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829
  • I wish you would have the head only of your Gesse cast, and send it me, to have the original restored from it The commission for the scagliola tables was given me without any dimensions; I suppose there is a common size. —  The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
 

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  1. Italian, diminutive of scaglia, chip, of Germanic origin; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also scaliola; from Italian scagliuola, diminutive of scaglia, a scale: see scale.
 

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/skælˈyoʊlə/
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