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strap work

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noun

  1. architect decorative work resembling interlacing straps

"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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The letters may be decorated and tied up with a floral spray, strap work or a combination of several motifs.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Grace Christie

Interlacing strap work designs, of which a simple example is given in fig.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Grace Christie

Knots, which can be very pretty, are at times required in embroidery; anything that requires a fastening may give an opportunity for some pretty interlacing strap work or knotting.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Grace Christie

The interlaced strap work generally found in Elizabethan carving, encircles the shafts of the columns as a decoration.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield

The strap work, applied in ribbon, is broken by cross stitches in couples, which take away from the severity of the lines.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle

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