| PAISLEY - Pattern of elaborate designs, usually predominantly tear shaped with many scrolls PAPIER-MACHE - Just paper, wetted down and mixed into pulp, then formed into decorative objects and colored on the surface PARQUET - Inlaid woodwork design based on squares of wood with the grains of one square running at right angles to those of an adjacent square PATENT LEATHER - Patent is high gloss finish on leather. Thick leather is split into two or more layers before use. The top layer, containing the natural grain is called top grain. All other layers are splits. PATINA - A change in a surface, usually to a more mellow color, resulting from age or wear PEGBOARD - Modern building material frequently applied to interior walls. It is punctuated with holes into which one may fit pegs to hang items PENDANT LAMP - Pendant lighting is a general term referring to a lighting fixture that is mounted on a pendant or stem. At the end of the stem, there is usually a round disk shaped canopy attached to the ceiling so sometimes it is also called canopy mounted lighting fixture. PLASTICS - Synthetic materials made from organic compounds which can be molded or shaped into any form PLATFORM - Raised area at one end of a room PLYWOOD - Several layers of wood sandwiched together, usually with the grain of the layers at right angles POLE LAMP - Series of light sources suspended from a floor-to-ceiling pole POLYETHYLENE - Flexible, unbreakable man-made material used for plastic-type containers POLYSTYRENE - Man-made plastic that is rigid and very strong POP ART - Developed in the 1960's to satirize the constant visual distraction imposed on modern man, it derives its inspiration from such sources as popular packaging, road signs, comic strip characters PORCELAIN - Fully vitrified, impervious to liquids and acids. Used for more durable industrial and commercial use. Ceramic artists have a great affinity to stone ware pottery. All ADIPA Ceramics products are stoneware category POUF - Related to an ottoman but higher and puffier and at times round PRIMARY COLORS - The three basic colors - red, yellow and blue -- that exist "as is" and are used to make all other colors |
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