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  2. Papercutting - Wikipedia

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    Papercutting or paper cutting is the art of paper designs. Art has evolved all over the world to adapt to different cultural styles. One traditional distinction most styles share is that the designs are cut from a single sheet of paper as opposed to multiple adjoining sheets as in collage .

  3. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing - Wikipedia

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    Upward pattern of a fire emblem, symbolized that the emperor led its people in making positive efforts Grain of rice (粉米, fěn mǐ) Symbolize nourishment and the country's agriculture, and also symbolizes that the emperor is the mainstay for the people. Axe (黼, fǔ) The Axe stands for “cut-off”; i.e. the emperor's power to act decisively

  4. Chinese paper cutting - Wikipedia

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    The art of paper cutting ( Chinese: 剪紙; pinyin: jiǎnzhǐ) in China may date back to the 2nd century CE, when paper was invented by Cai Lun, a court official of the Eastern Han dynasty . Chinese paper cutting is a treasured traditional Chinese art dating back to when paper was developed. Paper cutting became popular as a way of decorating ...

  5. Marquetry - Wikipedia

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    Marquetry. In contrast, this tilt-top table is veneered in a parquetry pattern by Isaac Leonard Wise, circa 1934. Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French marqueter, to variegate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or designs. The technique may be applied to case furniture ...

  6. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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    Ornament (art) Rococo interior of the Wilhering Abbey ( Wilhering, Austria ), with a trompe-l'œil painted ceiling, surrounded by highly decorated stucco. In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in ...

  7. Hanfu - Wikipedia

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    Based on the painting, "Court ladies adorning their hair with flowers" (簪花仕女圖; Zanhua shinü tu), a painting attributed to the painter Zhou Fang, women clothing was depicted as a sleeveless gown which was worn under a robe with wide sleeves, with the use of a shawl as an ornament; some of the women painted are fashioned with skirts ...

  8. Ornamental plant - Wikipedia

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    Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty [1] but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that improve on the original species in qualities such as color, shape, scent, and long-lasting blooms.

  9. Shyrdak - Wikipedia

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    Shyrdak. A shyrdak ( Kyrgyz: шырдак, pronounced [ʃɯrˈdɑq]) or syrmak ( Kazakh: сырмақ, romanized: syrmaq, pronounced [səɾˈmɑq]) is a stitched, and often colourful felt [1] floor and wallcovering, usually handmade in Central Asia. Kazakhs and Kyrgyz people alike traditionally make shyrdaks, and most especially in Kyrgyzstan ...