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Decorated style

British  

noun

  1. a 14th-century style of English architecture characterized by the ogee arch, geometrical tracery, and floral decoration

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Windows in the Decorated style continued to be arranged in panels, with the spaces between them filled with flowing patterns of foliage, in which the vine and ivy leaves predominate.

From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Sidney Heath

The church was built in 1862; it is in the Decorated style, and the architect was Mr. Hawkins.

From Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London by Sir Walter Besant

On the south side of the aisle is the Chapel of St. James, which was built by Bishop Marshall and restored by Quivil in the early Decorated style.

From Exeter by E. W. Haslehust

The Decorated style, which prevailed during the fourteenth century.

From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Rose Georgina Kingsley

The remains of the choir and south transept disclose rich work of the Decorated style.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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