Scagliola (noun)
skal-ee-oh-la
plasterwork imitating marble, granite, or the like.
1575–85; Italian, equivalent to scagli(a) a chip (Gothic skalja tile; cognate with shell) + -ola diminutive suffix
Example sentences
“…the light catching the scagliola walls.”
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