floreated
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Contrasting pleasingly with this fret and on opposite sides of it are a plain molded ovolo outlining the panel and a small floreated torus supplemented by a molded cymatium within.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
The house silence, broken only by the solemn pacing of the great seven-foot Proven�al clock, ventrose, aldermanic, profusely gilded as to its body and floreated as to its face, presently grew too much for Claire.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Skulls, tears, and fleurs-de-lys are thrown about in profusion; the motto, "Memento mori," looks out at you from among floreated ornaments; Jesus and Marie are placed on a level.
From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by Slater, J. Herbert (John Herbert)
It was all floreated and meandering design; the motive reminding one of the pine-apple and the acanthus, or of vine stems meeting or parting, but never anything naturalistic for a moment.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
One notices with admiration the beautiful brass andirons and fire set, and with interest the floreated cast-iron fireback.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
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