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51rug and carpet — Any decorative textile normally made of a thick material and intended as a floor covering. Floor coverings made of plaited rushes date from the 5th or 4th millennium BC. Carpets were first made in central and western Asia as coverings for earthen …
52palme — 1. palme [ palm ] n. f. • XIIIe; paume XIIe; lat. palma « palmier » 1 ♦ Feuille de palmier. « Les palmes [...] groupées en plumets au bout des tiges trop hautes » (Loti). 2 ♦ (XIIe) V …
53palmé — 1. palme [ palm ] n. f. • XIIIe; paume XIIe; lat. palma « palmier » 1 ♦ Feuille de palmier. « Les palmes [...] groupées en plumets au bout des tiges trop hautes » (Loti). 2 ♦ (XII …
54Ornament — Zierde; Verzierung eines Gegenstandes; Schmuck * * * Or|na|ment [ɔrna mɛnt], das; [e]s, e: Verzierung, schmückendes Muster an einem [künstlerischen] Gegenstand oder an einem Bauwerk: eine Zimmerdecke mit Ornamenten aus Stuck. Zus.:… …
55ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, HEBREW — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: hebrew illumination in hellenistic times character of hebrew manuscript illumination materials and techniques oriental school spanish illumination french school german school italian… …
56pelmet — noun Etymology: probably modification of French palmette palmette Date: 1812 a short valance or small cornice for concealing curtain fixtures …
57Acroterion — An acroterion or acroterium is an architectural ornament placed on a flat base called the acroter or plinth, and mounted at the apex of the pediment of a building in the Classical style. It may also be placed at the outer angles of the pediment;… …
58Espalier — is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal two dimensional or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. The technique was popular in the Middle Ages in Europe to produce fruit… …
59Acanthus (ornament) — The acanthus is one of the most common ornaments used to depict foliage. [Philippa Lewis Gillian Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986) Pantheon: NY] Architectural ornaments are carved in stone or wood in the appearance of leaves from the… …
60Hungarian art — Magyar (Hungarian) art stems from the times of the conquest of people of Árpád in the 9th Century. A. D. Princeps Árpád organized earlier people settled in the Carpathian basin. Cavalry people in the Carpathian basinBefore Árpád’s arrival several …
