| 单词 | festoon work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfestoon work festoon work n. craftsmanship involving the design or representation of festoons; an instance of this; also figurative. ΚΠ 1712 J. Ozell tr. A. Dacier in tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 86 (note) They were properly little Ends of Skin with their Wool, which us'd to be put at the Edge of the Garments, close to one another, and like Festoon work. 1811 G. W. Todd Descr. York 26 The roof displays more elegant tracery than that of the nave, and a beautiful festoon work, attached to the capitals of the pillars, is deserving of attention. 1893 T. H. Huxley in Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 4/3 I was not over-burdened with love for such dialectic festoon-work. 2003 J. Scott tr. A. Dorigato Murano, Island of Glass 112 Around the middle of the seventeenth-century, the ever-popular technique of filigree was used to develop a new decorative effect: known as ‘festoon’ work, this was used for small bottles, drinking-glasses..and scent-bottles. < as lemmas |
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