pastiglia
[ pah-steel-yuh; Italian pahs-tee-lyah ]
noun
a plaster used during the Italian Renaissance for bas-relief ornament of furniture, being applied in layers, molded, carved, and gilded.
Origin of pastiglia
11925–30; <Italian <Spanish pastilla.See pastille
Words Nearby pastiglia
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