Difference between revisions of "Tennessee marble"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(username removed) |
|||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | [[File:Nat.Gallery.Art.West.jpg|thumb|National Gallery of Art West Building | + | [[File:Nat.Gallery.Art.West.jpg|thumb|National Gallery of Art West Building Washington, D.C.]] |
| − | |||
| − | Washington, D.C.]] | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A variety of [ | + | A variety of [[marble|marble]] of mottled colors usually with pink, gray, white, or brown backgrounds. Tennessee marbles are quarried in the eastern part of the state. They are a hard, compact marble used for exterior and interior decoration and sculpture. Tennessee marbles can have exposed shells or styolites. |
Some names for Tennessee marbles are: | Some names for Tennessee marbles are: | ||
| − | + | * gray Tennessee | |
| − | + | * dark cedar | |
| − | + | * dark Republic | |
| − | + | * F.A.Pink | |
| − | + | * Tennessee Pink | |
| − | + | * Friendsville Pink | |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | == | + | ==Resources and Citations== |
* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 499 | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 499 | ||
Latest revision as of 11:41, 28 September 2022
Description
A variety of Marble of mottled colors usually with pink, gray, white, or brown backgrounds. Tennessee marbles are quarried in the eastern part of the state. They are a hard, compact marble used for exterior and interior decoration and sculpture. Tennessee marbles can have exposed shells or styolites.
Some names for Tennessee marbles are:
- gray Tennessee
- dark cedar
- dark Republic
- F.A.Pink
- Tennessee Pink
- Friendsville Pink
Resources and Citations
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 499
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996