Moresque
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Moresque
1605–15; < Middle French < Italian moresco, equivalent to Mor ( o ) Moor + -esco -esque
Example Sentences
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The Moresque originated with the necessity of decorating the individual parts, and relates only to these.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
The frame was oval, richly gilded and filigreed in Moresque.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
The Moorish or Moresque was the form taken by the Mohammedans in Spain.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
In the doorway hung an old altar-lamp of silver, with a cup of ruby glass, and from various points depended other lamps of Moresque and antique shapes.
From The Pagans by Bates, Arlo
The Spanish or Moresque Gothic was overloaded with leaves and flowers, and the German Gothic was enriched with fantastic trees and flowers, each according to its national taste and fashion.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
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