Scagliola

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Plasterwork in imitation of ornamental marble, consisting of ground gypsum and glue colored with marble or granite dust.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc..
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture, an Italian process for imitating stone, used for enriching columns and internal walls of buildings.
    • Word Usage
    "Richly detailed Rotunda Lobby, including restoration of the "scagliola" faux marble wainscot and recreation of the long-lost mural over the entrance doors"
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