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POPPY HEADS

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 91 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POPPY HEADS  , a
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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,
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doll, puppet, used also in this sense, or from the flower, from a resemblance in shape .

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