opus testaceum

opus testaceum

An early Roman concrete masonry faced with fired brick.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It's faced in randomly arranged fragments of broken marble, recalling a decorative technique called opus testaceum found in ancient Roman masonry.
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