Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Scagliola
Scagl-io′la
,Noun.
An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
Definition 2024
scagliola
scagliola
English
Noun
scagliola (plural scagliolas)
- Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
- 1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:
- "I must work the garden - I must work the garden." I said to myself, five minutes later, as I waited, upstairs, in the long, dusty sala, where the bare scagliola floor gleamed vaguely in a chink of the closed shutters.
- 1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers: