tree-trunk

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | 279 words | Copyright

tree-trunk. Pieces of trunks of trees, the branches lopped off, were sometimes used in Picturesque or rustic buildings, e.g. cottage orné, where a particularly primitive effect was sought for columns. The form was carved in stone for some Renaissance and Mannerist designs.

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