Pilaster
This elaborate column embellishes doorways, windows and even furniture
A pilaster is the official term for a flattened column projecting from a wall around a doorway or window or for a classical decoration on furniture. A simple pilaster will include a base, main column and a capital (the decoration at the top of the column) and can be either plain or ornate. Topping these pieces, you'll often find an architrave, frieze, and cornice.There may be extra ornamentation as well, in the form of corbels (plaster, wood or iron trim pieces that project out from the supporting piece), wood carvings or scrollwork.
Pilasters often include an architrave, the term for the piece that sits just above the capital. In this entertainment center, the architrave is the base of the bookshelf above the TV cabinet.
The element formed by combining the architrave, the undecorated frieze above it, and the cornice, or top piece, into a single unit is known as an entablature.
These fluted pilastercolumns are adorned with corbels at the top while wainscotting covers the base. The rectangular space above the corbel is called an arcade.
Above the pilasters of this bathroom are a capital and an arched wall opening. The centerpiece is called the pendant.
These pilasters are each topped by a capital.