pedestal

     

Peestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedistallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase.

Trivia about pedestal

  • You'll often find a statue's feet atop this kind of base whose name is from the Latin for "foot"
  • Anthony Caro is known for placing works on the ground instead of this support, from the Latin for "foot"