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2. Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   In adjustable shelving systems, the bracket may be in two parts, with the load-bearing horizontal support fitting into a wall-mounted slotted vertical metal strip. Brackets also are an element in the systems used to mount modern facade cladding systems onto the outside of contemporary buildings, as well as interior panels.

3. Hanging craft - Wikipedia

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   Decorative hangings A wall hanging craft is a decoration, an amulet, a religious or a symbolic object that is hung from the ceiling or another structure. The sculptor Alexander Calder invented the mobiles, popular in the nursery, to give infants something to entertain them and give them external visual stimulation. [ 1 ]

4. Corbel - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, [1] a type of bracket. [2] A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in ...

5. Decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   Fiell, Charlotte and Peter, eds. Decorative Art Yearbook (one for each decade of the 20th century). Translated. Bonn: Taschen, 2000. Fleming, John and Hugh Honour. Dictionary of the Decorative Arts. New York: Harper and Row, 1977. Frank, Isabelle. The Theory of Decorative Art: An Anthology of European and American Writings, 1750–1940. New ...

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7. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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   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 decorative art are excluded from the term; most ornaments do not include human figures, and if present they are small compared to the overall scale.