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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

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This was, perhaps, one of the most beautiful and elaborate specimens of the Decorated style in England; and as Mr. Stewart observes, "must have been a perfect storehouse of statuary and elaborate tabernacle work."

From Ely Cathedral by Anonymous

Some of the windows, as the three-light one at the east end of the chancel, and others are Perpendicular; while others are of the Decorated style, but probably of the same date. 

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway

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 Heath, Sidney

The Early English style has been regarded as lasting from 1190 to 1270, when the Decorated style of Gothic began to prevail.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

This again is surmounted by an elegant octagonal spire of the Later Decorated style, and crocketed at the angles.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George