Pilaster
A pilaster is the official term for a flattened column projecting from a wall around a door or window or for a classical decoration on furniture. A easy pilaster will include a base, main column plus a capital (the ribbon at the top of the column) and can be either plain or ornate. Topping these bits, you will frequently find an architrave, frieze, and cornice.There may be extra ornamentation too, in the form of corbels (plaster, wood or iron trim bits that project out of the supporting piece), wood carvings or scrollwork.
david phillips
Pilasters frequently include an architrave, the expression for the piece that sits just over the capital. In this entertainment center, the architrave is the base of the bookshelf over the TV cupboard.
Harrison Design
The component formed by combining the architrave, the undecorated frieze over it, and the cornice, or top piece, into one unit is called an entablature.
david phillips
These fluted pilastercolumns are adorned with corbels in the very top whilst wainscotting covers the base. The space over the corbel is known as an arcade.
ASID, Christopher A Rose AIA
Above the pilasters of this bathroom are a capital and an arched walls opening. The centerpiece is known as the pendant.
American Masonry Supply, Inc..
All these pilasters are all topped by a capital.
Crisp Architects
When two pilasters connect on a corner, it is referred to as a canton.
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