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  2. 40 Best DIY Christmas Ornament Ideas from Instagram - AOL

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    For the most affordable and easy DIY Christmas ornament ideas found on Instagram (and more), check out this list of totally doable crafty tree decorations you'll actually be inspired to make....

  3. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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    The geometric designs in Islamic art are often built on combinations of repeated squares and circles, which may be overlapped and interlaced, as can arabesques, with which they are often combined, to form intricate and complex patterns, including a wide variety of tessellations.

  4. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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    In textiles, wallpaper and other objects where the decoration may be the main justification for its existence, the terms pattern or design are more likely to be used. The vast range of motifs used in ornament draw from geometrical shapes and patterns, plants, and human and animal figures.

  5. Islamic geometric patterns - Wikipedia

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    Islamic geometric patterns are one of the major forms of Islamic ornament, which tends to avoid using figurative images, as it is forbidden to create a representation of an important Islamic figure according to many holy scriptures.

  6. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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    Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and eclectic revival of historic styles mixed with the introduction of Asian and Middle Eastern influences in furniture, fittings, and interior decoration .

  7. Benin ivory mask - Wikipedia

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    The Benin ivory mask is a miniature sculptural portrait in ivory of Idia, the first Iyoba ( Queen Mother) of the 16th century Benin Empire, taking the form of a traditional African mask. The masks were looted by the British from the palace of the Oba of Benin in the Benin Expedition of 1897 . Two almost identical masks are kept at the British ...

  8. Ceramic art - Wikipedia

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    Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take varied forms, including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is a visual art.

  9. Zellij - Wikipedia

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    This common pattern features 12-pointed, 6-pointed, and 8-pointed stars. In traditional zellij decoration, geometric patterns of varying complexity were the most prominent and widespread motif.

  10. Christmas - Wikipedia

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    The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.

  11. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Jewellery. Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes.