305. Ornamentation
See also 23. ART .
- decalcomania
- 1. the technique of transferring pictures and other designs onto glass, wood, china etc, using specially prepared paper pieces.
- 2. the picture so created. Also called decal .
- decoupage, découpage
- 1. the art or technique of cutting out pictures or designs from paper or other material and applying them to a surface.
- 2. the work produced.
- engrailment
- the ornamenting of the edge of a coin with grooves or other indentations or reliëfs as a deterrent to clipping.
- festoonery
- 1. decoration with festoons, strings of flowers, ribbons, etc, looped in curves between two points
- 2. festoons collectively.
- fimbriation
- 1. the process of decorating with a fringe.
- 2. such decoration.
- illumination
- 1. the process of decorating manuscripts with illustrations, as in the capitals, tracery, etc.
- 2. the decoration itself.
- intarsia
- a form or method of decoration, dating from the Renaissance, consisting of inlaid, mosaiclike patterns, especially of wood.
- marquetry
- a form of decoration, often used in furniture-making, composed of inlays of wood veneers of different colors.
- omamentist, omamentalist
- 1. an artist who specializes in ornamentation.
- 2. a person whose work is considered to be ornament rather than art.
- parquetry
- mosaic work in wood, a form of marquetry, used mostly for floors and wainscoting.
- reticulation
- arrangement in the form of a network, as for decoration. — reticulate, adj.
- tessellation
- decoration composed of multi-colored, small tiles, as found in a mosaic.
- tracery
- ornamental work, composed of fine, interlaced ribbing or the like, used in windows, sereens, etc.
- vermiculation
- ornamentation resembling worm-holes or worm-tracks, as is found in mosaic pavements and rusticated masonry. See also 282. MOTION ; 427. WORMS
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