scagliola
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of scagliola
1575–85; < Italian, equivalent to scagli ( a ) a chip (< Gothic skalja tile; cognate with shell ) + -ola diminutive suffix
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The room was lit with carved Indian table lamps with parchment lampshades, sitting on gilded bronze side-tables with faux-malachite scagliola tops by Oriel Harwood.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2014
A pair of large French bronze candelabra on red scagliola columns dating from the 1880s reproduced a model of the 1780s.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
The scagliola floor was cold, the high battered casements shook in the storm, and the stately decay of the place was unrelieved by a particle of furniture.
From The Pupil by Henry James
Its floor is the richest mosaic of wood of different colors, the sides are of polished scagliola marble, and the ceiling a dazzling mixture of sculpture, painting and gold.
From Views a-foot by Bayard Taylor
In politics we call this practice calamity-howling, whether in tornado-swept Kansas, blizzard-bitten Iowa or boss-ridden New York. in literature it is mere charlatanry, mere scagliola, made for sale.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann
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