Mullion.—A slender bar or pier, forming a division between windows, screens, etc.
Neoclassic (New classic).—Designating the revival of classic taste in art, and here applied to the second revival after the discovery of Pompeian art early in the eighteenth century.
Ormolu.—An alloy of copper and zinc; used in France for the production of furniture mounts, which were usually first cast, then chiseled with jewel-like precision, and gilded.
Parquetry.—An inlay of geometric or other patterns for floors, often in colored woods.
Patina.—In furniture, the surface appearance assumed by wood, marble, or other materials as the result of long exposure.
Pediment.—In classic architecture, the flat triangular space between the roof lines on the end of a building; now often curved, and applied to over-doors, cabinet tops, etc. In the broken pediment the top line is cut away.
Pewter.—An alloy of tin with some other metal usually copper, lead, or antimony.
Reeding.—Embellishment produced by narrow convex moldings; the reverse of fluting.
Rococo.—The general decorative style which developed from and followed the Baroque; characterized by exclusive employment of curved line, avoidance of complete symmetry, and exuberant and fanciful ornament in which shell and scroll forms were freely employed.
S-scroll.—A scroll roughly in the form of the letter S, often used for the legs of chairs or cabinets; see "leg."