Brewer's: Quadra

The border round a bas-relief.

In the Santa Croce of Florence is a quadra round a bas relief representing the Madonna, in white terracotta. Several other figures are introduced.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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