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Rainer
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Kartik Subramaniam
Adhi Schools, LLC - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Market Analysis--Educational Content, Adhi Schools

Another tough one to explain. A staple of classical, column-based architecture, "entablature" is the (typically 3) layers of moldings and bands that rest atop the columns. The first is the architrave, which lays across the tops of the columns as support. The middle layer is the frieze, which is often ornamental (imagine the sculpted or engraved scenes of warriors on horseback or chariot on famous structures such as the Parthenon). Above the frieze is the cornice. This layer projects out, creating the overhang and is the layer the pediment would sit upon. 

Credit to Google and Wikipedia with the assist, this was a tough one. 

Jun 27, 2016 04:09 AM
Rainmaker
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Kathleen Luiten
Resort and Second-Home Specialist - Princeville, HI
Kauai Luxury Ocean Home Sales

Cody Carmen gets an A+ for his answer. I've seen them on older buildings in Europe.

Jun 27, 2016 06:32 PM
Rainmaker
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker
  1. An Entablature is a horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice. 
Jun 27, 2016 09:46 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,278
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

will we be going back to when God was a child???  

 

Jun 27, 2016 05:02 AM
Rainmaker
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

It's when they build a tablet into the house?

Jun 27, 2016 04:26 AM
Rainmaker
5,005,574
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Kathleen Daniels, good one!!!

Jun 27, 2016 04:10 AM
Rainmaker
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

It is on the front of King Solomon's Temple; and many others.

Jun 27, 2016 03:44 AM
Rainmaker
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No idea.

Jun 27, 2016 10:08 PM
Rainmaker
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

OK, you're against me now, I know you are ;)

Jun 27, 2016 10:02 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

You seem to have received a number of great answers.

Jun 27, 2016 01:36 PM
Rainmaker
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I have never heard this term.

Jun 27, 2016 01:18 PM
Rainmaker
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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Is it a cloth that covers the end tble?

Jun 27, 2016 12:13 PM
Rainmaker
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

There's another term I haven't heard of before now. 

Jun 27, 2016 11:24 AM
Rainmaker
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Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

This is one I don't know

Jun 27, 2016 07:53 AM
Ambassador
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Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

 Are you writing a paper?  Perhaps studying for a course?  Why all the architectural questions all of a sudden?

Jun 27, 2016 05:45 AM
Rainer
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Joan Beduze
Keller Williams Realty Acadiana - Lafayette, LA

The horizontal , continuous lintel that the pediment sits upon.  Seen in Classical architecture, it consists of the architrave, the frieze and the cornice.

Many of these elements, or forms of them, are still in use today; especially in large public buildings, banks and churches.

Jun 27, 2016 05:25 AM
Rainmaker
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Entebbe what? 

Jun 27, 2016 05:08 AM
Ambassador
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

A speech impediment???

Jun 27, 2016 03:51 AM
Rainmaker
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

An entablature refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals.

and don't get me started on CAPITALS!!

Jun 27, 2016 10:20 PM