The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.
A short free-standing column or column-like object designed to support a work of art or other object; a column serving the same function as the base of a statue. It may be made of wood, marble, or other suitable material.
A part of a desk which contains a frame and drawers, stands on the floor, and provides support for the desk surface. There may be zero, one, or two such pedestals in a desk.
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
A base supporting a statue or other object.
Base supporting a column or pillar.
A display stand for sculpture. Pedestals can be any size that is required for the display of the sculpture.
The component of the raised floor which supports the flooring system. The pedestals are generally glued to the concrete slab and extend vertically toward the raised floor panels.
the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassic column
Desk drawer unit, either suspended or freestanding
a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
The support or base for a column or statue. It is the bottom part on which the statue or column stands.
a vase or sculpture stand
A platform that supports a tower during thermal processing in order to assure its alignment in the flat zone. Though significantly shorter than a tower, a pedestal's design is usually similar to that of the tower that it supports.
(c/f plinth, base) - A sub-structure below the base of a column (to give extra height, without modifying the proportion, or as the end of a balustrade, or of a statue, or vase.
the term adopted by diallists to describe the whole structure, usually of stone, used to support a dial (most usually horizontal). See Figure 6.
A block used as a stand for a vase, an urn or a statue.
Also known as the deck support.
supporting base for a table; a stand for a vase or sculpture
An element of a sculpture which is used as a base or stand for the work. It functions to give the structure support and set it apart from the its background, but it can also conceptually serve a purpose.
A floor support for an exhibit component.
a substructure used below the columns in classical architecture. A base supporting a column or a base supporting a basin or as a base for a statue.
in classical architecture, the base supporting a column or colonnade.
A supporting base or block for a statue, vase, table, etc. Illustration: Center table - Horace Reed House Tilt-top pedestal table - Ansley Wilcox Mansion / Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Candlestand - St. John's Grace Episcopal Church Second candlestand - St. John's Grace Episcopal Church Federal dining table - Kittinger Furniture Company
An architectural support or base for a column. p. 46
Basically something that other things stand on, such as a pedestal desk, which has two of them, or a pedestal table which has one. Also a stand for a vase, or sculpture, etc.
The supporting base for a table, vase, sculpture, etc.
Payphone installation equipment used when the payphone is freestanding
A stand-alone lavatory with a basin and supporting column in one piece.
A circular, square or rectangle support between the body of an object and the base. Usually flared and molded.
A display case in which the finished sculpture is placed upon, so that it can be easily seen by the viewer.
1. The bottom support of a vase, lamp, column, table, etc. 2. Vertical column.
In radar, a device for supporting and positioning the antenna. Typically, the pedestal allows the azimuth and elevation angles of the antenna to be controlled separately or in a coordinated way to permit different methods of scanning.
A support or foundation. For example, a sculpture may be mounted to a pedestal for display.
A tall, narrow, floor-standing column designed to hold art objects.
Pedestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedestallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase.