Interior Design and Decorating Terms Glossary - B
Backstitch:
In sewing, a hand stitch that resembles machine stitching on the right side of the fabric.
Bagging:
(paint effects) this is a textured finish, which is created by working a glaze over a base coat, using a cloth in a plastic bag and working over the glaze in a random pattern removing the glaze as you go.
Bailey:
a name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences, which surrounded the keep.
Balcony:
A floor supported on cantilevered joists from the outside of a building, it has no roof or walls.
Ball catch:
A spring-loaded ball set in the mortise in a door that slips into a hole on a strike plate in the doorframe.
Ballflower:
an ornament that looks like a ball placed in a globular flower of which the three petals form a cup round it. 14th century and occasionally 13th century.
Baluster, Balustrade in wrought iron
Baluster:
The vertical post in a balustrade.
Balustrade:
The collection of rails and posts with a rail along the top that form the waist height wall to the sides of stairs or to a terrace or balcony.
Bambooing:
(Faux Finishes) the imitation of bamboo is achieved by painting turned or carved wood to copy the bamboo knots and grain, then decorating it. It was popular during the eighteenth century. It is often used to change the look of an old piece of furniture.
Band and Hook Hinge:
A gate hinge that is made from heavy wrought iron strip or steel which drops onto a pin fixed to a wall.
Banding:
The strip of timber that edges a veneer. Often a clashing strip.
Barrell Vault
Baroque:
A style from 17th century Europe that is often characterised by abundant curves and ornament.
Barrel Vault:
An overhead structure or covering often glazed that is a horizontal half cylinder.
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