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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