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Poppy Heads
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A term, in architecture, given to the finials or other ornaments which terminate the tops of bench ends, either to pews or stalls. They are sometimes small human heads, sometimes richly carved images, knots of foliages or finials, and ,sometimes fleurs-de-lis simply cut out of the thickness of the bench end and chamfered. The term is probably derived from the French poupee, doll, puppet, used also in this sense, or from the flower, from a resemblance in shape.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Poppy Heads'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/poppy-heads.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Poppy Heads'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/poppy-heads.html. 1910.
