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Finials: Decorative end caps for the bed posts that hold a canopy in place. [9] Footboard: The solid or upholstered secondary focal point of a bed attached at or to the foot of the bed. [9] Foot: The portion of the bed at your feet—the foot of the bed usually faces out into the room. [9] Head: The portion of the bed you lay your head on. It ...
Turned wood finials are used on various pieces of furniture. [16] While the purpose of finials on bed posts is mostly decorative, [17] they serve a purpose on curtain rods, providing a way to keep a curtain from slipping off the end of a straight rod. Curtain rod finials can be seen to act much like a barometer of public taste.
Newel. A newel, also called a central pole or support column, is the central supporting pillar of a staircase. It can also refer to an upright post that supports and/or terminates the handrail of a stair banister (the " newel post "). [1][2][3] In stairs having straight flights it is the principal post at the foot of the staircase, but the term ...
Open pediments on windows at the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, begun 1534. A variant is the "segmental" or "arch" pediment, where the normal angular slopes of the cornice are replaced by one in the form of a segment of a circle, in the manner of a depressed arch. [10]
A four-poster bed or tester bed[1] is a bed with four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, or upper (usually rectangular) panel. This tester or panel will often have rails to allow curtains to be pulled around the bed. There are a number of antique four-poster beds extant dating to the 16th century and earlier; many of ...
F. W. Cragin [3][4] Year defined. 1896. Fencepost limestone, Post Rock limestone, or Stone Post is a stone bed in the Great Plains notable for its historic use as fencing and construction material in north-central Kansas resulting in unique cultural expression. The source of this stone is the topmost layer of the Greenhorn Limestone formation.