| 单词 | parget work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparget work a. Ornamental work in plaster; a facing of plaster on a wall with ornamental designs indented or in relief; = pargeting n. 2. Formerly also applied to other forms of wall decoration, as gilding, etc. Also parget work. Now rare (chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > plaster or stucco work > [noun] pargetinga1425 parget1569 parjetory1642 parge-work1649 stucco work1685 stucco1697 stuccaturec1720 plasterwork1845 parging1862 pargetry1908 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5285 (MED) A chambre Was parraillid all of plate-gold, pariet & oþire, With stoute starand stanes. 1569 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Sonets in T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings ii Golde was the parget: and the sielyng eke Did shine all scaly with fine golden plates. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 73 All the Parget caru'd and branched trim With Flowrs and Fruits, and winged Cherubim. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 17/1 Unless you will grant the name of painting to a parget of various colours... This parget may be made of red oker burnt. 1905 W. Millar Plastering i. 28 Sometimes a happy combination of stamped and hand work was used for both interior and exterior plaster work. This work is sometimes called ‘parget work’. 2001 California Constr. Link (Nexis) July 27 Parget, he explained, is a decorative plaster technique that involves squeezing plaster through pastry tubes to create a birthday cake-like ornament on the ceilings and walls. < as lemmas |
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