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