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2. Meander (art) - Wikipedia

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   Meanders are common decorative elements in Greek and Roman art. In ancient Greece they appear in many architectural friezes, and in bands on the pottery of ancient Greece from the Geometric period onward. The design is common to the present-day in classicizing architecture, and is adopted frequently as a decorative motif for borders for many ...

3. Picture frame - Wikipedia

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   View of a frame-maker's workshop, oil on canvas, circa 1900 The elaborate decoration on this frame may be made by adhering molded plaster pieces to the wood base.. A picture frame is a container that borders the perimeter of a picture, and is used for the protection, display, and visual appreciation of objects and imagery such as photographs, canvas paintings, drawings and prints, posters ...

4. Don Quixote tapestry series - Wikipedia

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   Don Quixote Guided by Folly, Setting Forth to be a Knight-Errant. 1780–1783. Woven in the workshop of Jacques Neilson at the Gobelins Manufactory, Paris. The Don Quixote tapestry series is a popular series of 18th century mural-scale tapestries illustrating scenes from the Miguel de Cervantes novel, Don Quixote.

5. Mat (picture framing) - Wikipedia

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   In archival or conservation picture framing, mats have several important functions. One of the most important functions is that it separates the glass from the art or document being framed; this is primarily important because any condensation that develops on the inside of the glass can be transferred to the piece if they are not separated, resulting in water damage, mold or mildew.

6. Margent - Wikipedia

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   Margent is a vertical arrangement of flowers, leaves or hanging vines used as a decorative ornament in architecture and furniture design in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. This motif was developed as a complement to other decorative ornaments, hanging as "drops" at the ends of a festoon or swag .

7. Frame and panel - Wikipedia

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   Frame and panel construction at its most basic consists of five members: the panel and the four members which make up the frame. The vertical members of the frame are called stiles while the horizontal members are known as rails. A basic frame and panel item consists of a top rail, a bottom rail, two stiles, and a panel.

8. Auricular style - Wikipedia

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   These Medici frames were more three-dimensional than the other frame styles, with more areas both raised or entirely cut through. [20] The framing styles were long-lasting, surviving in use long enough to be reinvigorated by the Rococo. The style was effective for cartouches, whether in three-dimensional uses or for bookplates and the like.

9. Molding (decorative) - Wikipedia

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   It can leave an inset panel free to expand or contract with temperature and humidity. Cable moulding or ropework: Convex moulding carved in imitation of a twisted rope or cord, and used for decorative mouldings of the Romanesque style in England, France and Spain and adapted for 18th-century silver and furniture design (Thomas Sheraton) [4] [5]