pastiglia
[pah-steel-yuh; Italian pahs-tee-lyah]
- a plaster used during the Italian Renaissance for bas-relief ornament of furniture, being applied in layers, molded, carved, and gilded.
Origin of pastiglia
1925–30; <
Italian <
Spanish pastilla. See
pastille Dictionary.com Unabridged
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