scagliola

American  

[skal-yoh-luh] / skælˈyoʊ lə /

noun

1. plasterwork imitating marble, granite, or the like.

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scagliola British  

/ skælˈjəʊlə /

noun

1. imitation marble made of glued gypsum with a polished surface of coloured stone or marble dust

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Other Word Forms

• scagliolist noun

Etymology

Origin of scagliola

1575–85; < Italian, equivalent to scagli ( a ) a chip (< Gothic skalja tile; cognate with shell ) + -ola diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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

Stucco and whitewash had been lavished upon it inside and out, and pallid scagliola did duty everywhere for marble.

From Monsieur Maurice by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

The dicromi, or yellow figures on a black ground, in imitation of the Etruscan vases, are now most admired in scagliola work; and as the art is one easy of attainment, we shall describe it.

From The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 by Unknown

Between the double scagliola columns of the gallery are a group of statues; the bust of the sailor king, William IV., by Chantrey, is in a niche above.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter