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scagliola|skælˈjəʊlə| Also 6 scaleola, 8–9 scagliuola. [a. It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia (see prec.).] †1. = scaglia. Obs.
1582J. Hester Secr. Phiorav. iii. xcvii. 121 This Allum Scaleola or Gesso is vsed much in Italie to make Lyme of. 1774[see prec.]. 2. Plaster-work of Italian origin, designed to imitate kinds of stone.
1747[see b]. 1787P. Beckford Lett. fr. Ital. (1805) I. 298 John Hugford, an Englishman, Friar of this Convent [of Vallombrosa, Tuscany], was the inventor of the Scagliola. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 369 The making and polishing the scagliola, now so much used for columns. 1870F. Harrison Choice of Bks. (1886) 170 Bepalaced for evermore in choice saloons resplendent with ormolu and scagliola. b. attrib.
1747H. Walpole Let. to Mann 28 July, The commission for the scagliuola tables. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 270 The basement is painted in rich Scagliola marble. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede xvi, A scagliola pillar. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock 245 Supported on the sham scagliola Corinthian columns, with the gilt capitals, is a trellised balcony. Hence scagliˈolist, a worker in scagliola.
1827Westm. Rev. VII. 289 There is scarcely..a scagliolist, who is not an Italian. |