(thing) by craze Thu Oct 25 2001 at 1:41:10

An ornate combonation of Ionic volutes and Corinthian acanthus leaves created by the Romans after they took Greece. Today it is commonly misnamed Ionic. This type of column became popular in the United States and Europe during the neo-classical age.

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