floreated
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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 J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
A band of exquisite floreated carving in high relief fills the long, narrow, horizontal panel between the consoles.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins
Many of them were very ornamental in shape, highly decorated with miniatures and floreated embellishment, the monogram or name of the owner often being added.
From Chats on Household Curios by Fred. W. (Frederick William) Burgess
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 Frank Cousins
Now that it is bereft of its lofty roof it has acquired something rather Venetian and surprising in its appearance, with its long façades pierced with uninterrupted rows of floreated pointed arches.
From War by Pierre Loti
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