. The term cornice comes from Italian cornice, meaning “ledge.” Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding which crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding. The function of the projecting cornice is to throw rainwater free of the building’s walls. In residential building practice, this function is handled by p… (More on Cornice)