Términos

Madera de la especie Platanus acerifolia. Es una madera de color marrón rojizo fuerte, dura, ligera con una textura fina que se pule bien, pero puede ser difícil de trabajar. Es de uso general para interiores, construcción, mangos de herramientas, muebles, gabinetes, pisos y chapas. Se vende comercialmente como "madera de encaje" porque la madera aserrada en cuarto tiene un patrón de grano con marcas en forma de escamas características, con vetas de color marrón rojizo que contrastan con el color de la veta aparecida de fondo más claro.

Genus containing 10 species; it is the only genus of the family Platanaceae. These large trees are native to North America, eastern Europe, and Asia. They are characterized by scaling bark; large, deciduous, usually palmately lobed leaves; and globose heads of flower and seed. They bear flowers of both sexes on the same tree but in different clusters.

Species that is a hybrid of Platanus occidentalis and Platanus orientalis. It combines characteristics of both in varying degrees. It is a little shorter and more squat than the American (occidentalis) tree and usually has bristly, paired seedballs. There are variegated forms of London plane. It is planted widely in cities for its resistance to air pollution and to diseases that more readily affect other plane trees.

Species of plane tree native to North America; the tallest of the plane trees, reaching more than 50 m (160 feet) in height. Its pendent, smooth, ball-shaped seed clusters usually dangle singly and often persist after leaf fall. It is distinguished from other trees by its mottled exfoliating bark, which flakes off in great irregular masses, leaving the surface mottled, and greenish-white, gray and brown. For trees known simply as "sycamore," use Acer Pseudoplatanus, which is a species of maple.

Plane tree native from southeastern Europe to India, known for its longevity and spreading crown. It has been known in cultivation in other areas from ancient times. It reaches 30 m (100 feet) in height, and has huge, often squat boles, some measuring nearly 10 m in circumference (3 m in diameter). Its bristly seedballs hang in clusters of two to six.

Species of large plane tree native to to California and Baja California. The trunk generally divides into two or more large trunks splitting into many branches; it has an attractive bark that is white, beige, gray, and pinkish, with older bark becoming darker and peeling away. It is used for landscaping, for timber, the fruit is food for birds, and mammals eat its twigs and bark.

Devices that dispense plates, usually in cafeterias or self-service food establishments.

Se refiere a objetos de vidrio soplados con doble pared y sellados después de platear las superficies encerradas. Se utiliza para producir objetos de adorno.

Acto o proceso de cubrir con plata.

Técnica de aplicación de láminas de plata en que la plata es mezclada con mercurio y aplicada a la superficie de un objeto, el objeto luego es calentado para disolver el mercurio.

Bandejas de varias partes, generalmente con espejos y una galería para colocar figuras, candelabros, o vasijas, y usadas como centros de mesa en las postrimerías del siglo XVIII y comienzos del siglo XIX.

Úsese para describir obras producidas por la división norte del grupo étnico africano Tonga que vive en la vasta área a lo largo del río Zambezi y por todas partes de Zambia, Zimbawe, Malawi, Mozambique y Sudáfrica.

Una ancha calle o avenida característica de las ciudades de la antigua Grecia y Roma.

In intaglio printmaking, impressions left on the sheet of paper or other support; a platemark marks the edges of the plate and is caused by the pressure applied in the process of printing. Although prints are sometimes trimmed within the platemark, prints having supports with the platemark intact are considered more valuable.

Se refiere a un estilo en la arquitectura y ornamentación española y Colonial española en los siglos XV y XVI. El término fue usado primero por Diego Ortiz de Zúñiga en 1677 describir una fachada. Significa "como platero" y se caracteriza por superficies ricamente ornamentadas, como era común en el elaborado trabajo de un platero. El estilo deriva del Gótico Tardío, arte del Renacimiento islámico e italiano. En arquitectura el estilo se distingue típicamente en edificios más pequeños y se caracteriza por columnas torcidas, escudos de armas heráldicos, volutas onduladas, y ornamento florido, semejante a joyería que enmascara la estructura debajo.

The process of making objects out of silver or employing silver, especially jewelry, tableware, and decorative objects.

Porciones de artículos o artículos completos modelados en plata, especialmente obras finas y decorativas.

Trabajadores en metal que se especializan en el trabajo en plata, especialmente en la fabricación de joyas, vajilla y menaje.

Artificial earthen mounds with a flat summit, intended to support a structure or activity. They were particularly prominent in the Pre-Columbian American cultures.

Portable raised level surfaces on which people or things can be supported, to provide an elevated surface from which a particular activity or operation may be conducted.