LC control no. | sh2007004901 |
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Topical heading | Pedestals |
Variant(s) | Bases, Statue Pedestal stands Pedestal supports Statue bases Supports, Pedestal |
See also | Stands (Furniture) |
Scope note | Here are entered works on stands that function as a support or base for objects such as statues, sculptures, vases, or lamps. |
Found in | Work cat.: 2006446602: La sculpture dans l'espace, 2005. Getty art & arch. thes., 1990: v. 3, p. 712 (pedestals; solid fixed supports found under such architectural elements as columns or balustrades, or built to hold sculpture) Web. 3 (pedestal; support or foot of ... column; base of an upright structure, as a statue, vase, lamp ...) AAT Thesaurus, July 17, 2007 (Pedestals; UF: Supports, Pedestal; Pedestal supports; Pedestal; Pedestal stands; Stands, Pedestal) Web. 3 (pedestal: 1a) the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassic column consisting of base, dado, and surface moldings; 1b) the base of an upright structure (as a statue, vase, lamp, harp); 1c) a supporting part) Am. heritage dict. (pedestal: 1) an architectural support or base, as for a column or statue; 2) a support or foundation) Wikipedia, July 17, 2007 (pedestal: a term generally applied to the support of a statue or vase) LC database, July 20, 2007 (statue bases) |