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  2. Composition ornament - Wikipedia

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    Composition ornament. Composition ornament (" compo ") is a mouldable thermoplastic compound, consisting of powdered chalk mixed with collagen (hide glue), resin (pine rosin) and linseed oil; worked either by hand or more usually pressed into moulds to produce decorative work. It's now most commonly seen as part of gilded picture frames, but ...

  3. Picture frame - Wikipedia

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    A picture frame is a container that borders the perimeter of a picture, and is used for the protection, display, and visual appreciation of objects and imagery such as photographs, canvas paintings, drawings and prints, posters, mirrors, shadow box memorabilia, and textiles. Traditionally picture frames have been made of wood, and it remains ...

  4. Our pick for best digital picture frame is the perfect gift ...

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    Specifically, the Aura Walden 15-inch frame is our tech editor's top pick (see all the reasons why, below) for digital frames, and today, it's on sale. We think it would make a great gift for ...

  5. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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    Ornament (art) Rococo interior of the Wilhering Abbey ( Wilhering, Austria ), with a trompe-l'œil painted ceiling, surrounded by highly decorated stucco. In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in ...

  6. Lichtjesroute - Wikipedia

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    The Lichtjesroute ("Route of Lights"; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɪx (t)jəsˌrutə]) is a festival held every autumn in Eindhoven, in the southern Netherlands. It starts with a parade on 18 September, celebrating the liberation of Eindhoven during World War II on that date in 1944. The Lichtjesroute is celebrated not only to commemorate the ...

  7. White metal - Wikipedia

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    The white metals are a series of often decorative bright metal alloys used as a base for plated silverware, ornaments or novelties, as well as any of several lead -based or tin -based alloys used for things like bearings, jewellery, miniature figures, fusible plugs, some medals and metal type. [1] The term is also used in the antiques trade for ...

  8. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on hats, clothing, blankets, and handbags. Embroidery is available in a wide variety of thread or yarn colour.

  9. Limoges enamel - Wikipedia

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    The Spitzer Cross is a crucifix, made c.1190 in Limoges, in France, by an artisan known as the "Master of the Royal Plantagenet Workshop". The work is made from copper, engraved and gilded, and inlaid with champlevé Limoges enamel, with tones of blues, greens, yellow, reds and whites, and depicts Christ on the cross.

  10. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    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. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.

  11. Rococo - Wikipedia

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    Rococo, less commonly Roccoco (/ r ə ˈ k oʊ k oʊ / rə-KOH-koh, US also / ˌ r oʊ k ə ˈ k oʊ / ROH-kə-KOH, French: or ⓘ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and ...