Brattishing
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In architecture, brattishing or brandishing is a decorative cresting which is found at the top of a cornice or screen, panel or parapet. The design often includes leaves or flowers, and the term is particularly associated with Tudor architecture.
[edit] References
- Frederic H Jones, The Concise Dictionary of Architectural and Design History, ISBN 1-56052-069-8
- Harris, Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture, ISBN 0-486-24444-X
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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