CORNICE

Cornice

A cornice is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture element— the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the top edge of a pedestal or along the top of an interior wall. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.

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cornice

Noun

  1. A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. See also: eaves, fascia.
  2. A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown moulding.
  3. A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.


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