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| Arts and Crafts | A period of style in architecture and decorative arts from approximately 1880-1920 strongest in The US, England, and Germany. The style emphasized decoration derived from construction technique, (e.g. expressed mortise and tenon joinery, nailheads) hand-crafted product with the toolmarks left intact. The overall designs of fixtures were generally plain and ornamented with simple ,naturalistic, stenciled decoration. See also Mission style. | | ||
| Backplate | A backplate is any of a variety of forms and styles of decorative points-of-attachment for a sconce to a wall, column, etc. |  | ||
| Ballast | An electrical device used with fluorescent or LED lamps to supply sufficient voltage to start and operate the lamp but then to limit the current during operation. | |||
| Baluster | Turned vase-shaped vertical post supporting the rail of a staircase. Syn. Spindle. |  | ||
| Banding | Strip of veneer inlayed at an angle to the grain of the parent wood, or inlayed to a contrasting wood, used as a border for furniture. | |||
| Baroque | A style of architecture, art, and decoration lasting from approximately 1625 to 1750 whose hallmarks are curvilinear details, highly sculptural, active surfaces, theatrical effects in architecture that act independently of structure, asymmetry, and rich materials. Common motifs include bold, deep, opposing “C” scrolls, bulbous elaborate profiles in turnings and mouldings, spiral columns, and naturalistic, if over-ripe foliate details. |  | ||
| Basaltwear | Dark, opaque porcelain invented by Josiah Wedgwood. |  | ||
| Bellflower | A foliate motif usually consisting of small two or three lobed flowers, often graduated in size, arrayed in a garland. | |||
| Bent glass | Flat glass that is slumped into or over a mould in a kiln. |  | ||
| Bevel | The edge of any flat surface that has been cut at a sharp angle to the larger plane surface. |  | ||
| Beveled glass | Glass having the edges cut back at an angle to the main plane surface. |  | ||
| Billiard light | The billiard light was developed to evenly illuminate the large rectangular playing surface of a billiard table. Billiard lights are commonly designed with 3 or more downward-reflecting shades arrayed along a horizontal bar. |  | ||
| Blackamoor | African figures used in decorative arts as busts, hermes, or other elements. Usually dressed with exaggerated Arabic or “native” costume, they could represent one of the 4 continents (The Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia). |  | ||
| Blaze Hole | In glass-making, the opening in the furnace through which the flame passes. | |||
| Blown glass | Glass that is made on a blowpipe. The glass blower blows air into a molten ball of glass, creating a bubble. This ball is then inflated, elongated, patterned, etc to suit the designers need. |  | ||
| Bobeche | A bobeche is a shallow dish originally used for catching wax drips. It is located either (or both) directly on top of the candle-cup or directly below the candle cup. Synonyms: waxpan |
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