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pilaster [Brit pɪˈlastə, Am pəˈlæstər] N

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Above his head are two cherubs, and the whole is framed between two pilasters. en.wikipedia.org

The walls and woodwork were painted brown and gold to contrast with the white marble pilasters, doorways and niches which were surmounted with gilded statuary. en.wikipedia.org

Flat brick pilasters divide the faade into bays. en.wikipedia.org

The brickwork surrounding the door is an understated pediment with no pilasters, pillars embedded in a wall. en.wikipedia.org

A pilaster, square in section, rises from the vase and ends in a cruciform capital, with a sprawling gana on each of its arms. en.wikipedia.org

The main entry has a dentilated triangular pediment, supported by pilasters, with the door recessed into the brick wall. en.wikipedia.org

It is of three pairs of windows each side, separated by buttresses as gable-topped pilasters. en.wikipedia.org

The sanctum is connected to a closed "mantapa" (hall) whose walls are decorated with pilasters and sculptures in frieze. en.wikipedia.org

The space in between the pilasters are occupied by graceful "salabhanjika". en.wikipedia.org

Rooms were generally panelled with oak, sometimes divided at intervals by flat pilasters and the upper frieze carved with scroll work or dolphins. en.wikipedia.org

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