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Alettes

Scope note

In Roman and later classicizing architecture, those parts of a pier that form arch abutments and flank a central engaged column or pilaster carrying an architrave.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000970

Broader Terms used

<pier components>

Term used for

allettes

Equivalent Terms used

alette

Created

13yrs ago

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