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Boasting moulded architraves with pilasters and a truncated pyramidal roof topped with iron brattishing, the building's roof is now falling into dereliction.
From BBC • May 29, 2024
The mahogany architraves between the rooms bear forged-iron hardware; the heavy doors open and close with ease.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022
But all over the archaeological site at Palmyra you see the same symbol—on architraves and lintels, and especially on the magnificent Bel temple.
From Economist • May 28, 2015
Inside the four-story manor, reception rooms boast period details such as high ceilings, decorative plasterwork, carved architraves, and Adams-style fireplaces.
From Architectural Digest • Apr. 16, 2015
The flat roofs were surrounded by balustrades, and the spaces between the long terrace of windows were filled up with architraves and entablatures, which produced a rich and picturesque though somewhat heavy effect.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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