How To Use Decoration In A Sentence

Each item was skewered on a cocktail stick and laid like sun rays around the plate, which also had a flower intricately carved out of turnip for decoration.
VARIOUS LEATHER PICTURE, It's a high classic decoration , made by hand, use nature color and veins of leather to make design, it shows obvious stereoscopy like relief sculpture but softly .
We walked into the bedroom of Ting Sun, Yao country the English is busy in searching the home position of the Deng of that square, but I seize an opportunity the decoration of lo this bedroom.
It is attributed to Joseph Henry Remmey, who is known for similar elaborately incised cobalt blue decoration, especially of stylized birds.
The shapes and engraved decorations of these pieces are typical of medieval Islamic glassware.

They appreciated the soaring towers, pointed arches, the polychromy of brick and stone decoration and the carvings of birds and beasts. Gothic Renaissance in London
This was the production of bronze vessels bearing beautiful decorations made in toreutic technique.
Vigorously develop and produce new type energy - saving construction materials, heat insulating materials and green decoration materials.
How well all its accessaries, all its decorations, are proportioned and harmonised -- growing lighter as they rise higher. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847
Perhaps the original decoration lies intact beneath the layered generations of wallpaper and ever-changing tastes in house paint, ready to be rediscovered.
135 There is a grey area between ornament and decoration where one or other strives to compensate for poverty of form.
For the past couple of years, the appearance of Christmas lights and festive decorations has heralded the arrival of a weighty travel anthology.
The artistic spirit shown in the whole plan and decoration of the new pinacotheca is worthy of admiration. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner
Perhaps the artist has bee brought in to polychrome a plaster relievo for an architectural decoration, and it is some third party sculptors studio. Easel on Rails
In another setting, a firehouse was ordered to take down its largely secular holiday decorations, because neighbors were offended by it.
For that reason, abstract art has been anxious to distance itself from decoration.
The western arch capitals have, as decoration, the rose and escallop shell alternately -- badges of the Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See
The frieze, where of old would prance an exuberant processional of gods, is, in this case, bare of decoration, but upon the epistyle is written in simple, stern letters the word "EUSTON. Men, Women, and Boats
At the moment, shops have decorations in every window, and the neighbours are planning a cookout.
One of the ornamented fragments represents a row of floreated-like decorations, and each decoration shows on its side a concentric circle, consisting of three rings, -- the whole ornament being one which is found in later Egyptian eras, not unfrequently along the tops of walls in the interior of chambers, etc.Mr. Perring represents this fragment of sculpturing from the brick Pyramid of Dashoor, in his folio work, _The Pyramids of Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1
For brides who want to individualise their place setting to match a specific colour scheme, can 'design their own' from a choice of 6 boxes, 12 ribbons and 25 decorations - giving a choice from 1800 options. Archive 2008-05-01
These fondant decorations are easy to master if you follow our simple step-by-step instructions.
In connection with an item of Ru ware of the Northern Song dynasty, for instance, which many connoisseurs regard as one of the absolute pinnacles of Chinese ceramic art, the author of the pertinent catalogue entry states that certain qualities of shape and decoration “make it incredibly rare even within this exceptional group.” Archive 2009-08-01
The manuscript is also rich in ornamental decoration, to which those of the other exemplars are stylistically related.
They ask for the image to be on a flash drive, then use the *drive* as the decoration. The Problem With Phone Orders
One of the most interesting of the pictographs pecked in the rock is a figure which, variously modified, is a common decoration on cliff-dweller pottery from the Verde valley region to the ruins of the Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744
Presumably, stucco decoration was more resistant to steam than fresco.
A corbel is a stone bracket that projects from a wall or corner, either to support a beam or for decoration. Medieval corbel found in York
Today, the once-grand streets are characterized by decaying HMOs, sorely in need not just of redecoration but more fundamental repair.
These may not address their Majesties, but they may stare; nor will it be contested that the attentive circular eyes of the humble domestic creatures are an embellishment to Royal pomp and grandeur, such truly as should one day gain for them an inweaving and figurement -- in the place of bees, ermine tufts, and their various present decorations -- upon the august great robes back-flowing and foaming over the gaspy page-boys. The Egoist
The students will also dress in fancy dress as well as dressing up the animals using Christmas decorations such as tinsel and lights.
He is an expert on Islamic decoration.
Never use any abrasive powder for any other reason on china; it may remove metallic or other decorations.
The maid was carrying a lovely frosted cake, with pink and white decorations all over it.
The medal is the highest decoration the British military gives.
The completed building is a towering rectangular block with almost no decoration, an austere statement and bold break away from the traditional methods of architectural adornment.
Brethren of St. Francis and their clients, which still roughen the pavement of Santa Croce at Florence, and recall the varnished polychrome decoration of those Greek monuments in connexion with the worn-out blazonry of the funeral brasses of England and Flanders. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
Save long stems and dry upside down for winter decoration. Times, Sunday Times
The lack of decoration or furniture made his mind dwell on what could be happening outside his cell, and none of it could be good news.
Also, try your hand at still lifes, such as closeups of the decorations or the food. Tips: Four pointers for shooting great Thanksgiving photos
Lavishness of decoration, mastery of execution, expansion of palettes with mixed colours are some of the characteristics of Assam's manuscript paintings.
If all else fails, you can always just eat the table decorations, since it seems that every festive table these days plays host to a generous bowl of fruit and nuts and a surfeit of chocolates.
The stadium decoration will certainly look different. Times, Sunday Times
Bali Hai point was suggested as the welcoming area and plans need to be firmed up as to the decorations and formalities.
A matt finish solid silver leaf is fashioned into a beautiful pendant, earrings and also as the silver decoration on a polished wooden bangle. Times, Sunday Times
The gaudy decorations are out, the over sized Yuletide props have been forklifted into position by underpaid migrant workers, and the same CD played at this time every year since 1989 can be heard tinkling through the mall.
It offers a wide variety of Christmas decorations, small gifts such as frames for photographs and figurines, silver candlesticks, candles and non-kitsch trinkets.
There were paper balls and bells that concertinaed flat for storage, but when opened were in quarters of red and blue and yellow; the paper was barely more substantial than tissue and the decorations were easily torn. Irish Blogs
As if to symbolize this state of things, the "fancy piece" astern comprised, among numerous other carved decorations, a cross and a miter; while forward, on the bows, was a sort of devil for a figure-head -- a dragon-shaped creature, with a fiery red mouth, and a switchy-looking tail. Redburn. His First Voyage
Claiming to have Spanish-styled decorations, the eatery carefully chose its ornaments and above each table hangs a colourful and exquisite lamp.
Secure the cover with ribbons for decoration. Times, Sunday Times
The general wore a decoration on his left breast.
The front was covered with decorations, including mock-ups of a throne and floral crown, window-sill models of Coronation regalia and the Royal coach, coloured lights and Royal portraits.
This year she will be making floral arrangements, which will serve as place settings and decorations.
Most antique furniture can suffer as a result of extremes in temperature, especially painted and lacquered examples and those inlaid with marquetry, brass or ivory decoration.
Although the external decoration varied from garland to garland, similarities did exist consisting of ‘printed paper rosettes, cockades, and silk hangings’.
Being stone built, with treated timber window frames, the house will never need exterior decoration.
The rooms are sumptuously furnished with fine art and decoration. Times, Sunday Times
As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion, the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration.
A green salad can be enhanced by primrose and violet heads, and they make appealing decorations for a cake.
The roof is also leaking badly, window frames and guttering are rotting and the interior is in urgent need of redecoration.
Yet Matisse continued to work in this trademark style, with its emphasis on arabesque lines, bright colors and decoration, throughout his long artistic life.
We also have a box of tree decorations we bring out each year. Times, Sunday Times
They always have an uneven number of storeys and also once had an ornate metal finial, a decoration on the top.
That pin is a Dutch decoration called an Orange-Nassau - Officer of Orange-Nassau awarded to me by Queen Juliana.
The intricate work, based on Victorian romantic decoration, was all done freehand using house paint.
Dark corners, shelves, eaves, and window ledges sparkle with lights and decorations that celebrate the year as they annunciate our civility and hope. Tom Gregory: Baby Jesus is Kidnapped in Beverly Hills (Video)
We were in there choosing ornaments for the Ornament Exchange and I have to say some of the decorations they had for sale were beautiful.
Yet the decorations were always meager, and their gifts chosen with his usual parsimony.
An ancient Russian icon in nielloed silver and one of these Christs in carved wood, executed in the seventeenth century by Bogard de Nancy, in an antique frame of gilded wood backed with velvet, were the only things that slightly relieved the banality of the decoration. Là-bas
These may have been ornamental porcelains intended to be used as table decorations.
Shine diamond decoration and shrink hemline perfectly show female's figure and charm.
Its paint work and decoration, although still faded and peeling, was slightly less faded and peeling than that of the rest of the rooms.
These are decorations awarded by the monarch only to female members of the Royal Family.
In the sombre main chamber where most of his days were spent, there was no decoration, no contrasting texture.
There are exposed wood beams throughout and simple decorations. Times, Sunday Times
Set decoration like table lamps or bric-a-brac should be secured so that they cannot be dislodged by a bump.
This open office uses indirect light in a central coffer to add decoration to the room.
Almost entirely white, with minimal decoration, the linen and silk daywear were instant classics.
A Christmas window display in the shop of Messrs Tipping and Lee, coal merchants, Brook Street, Ilkley, was burned out through the fusing of an electric fairy light which formed part of the decorations.
Such is the room, with its pleasant decoration of red and black and gold, with its large windows and its sunlight gaselier; but, take it for all in all, it is about as unlike Mr. Sambourne's classic representation of the Roman atrium in his Jubilee drawing as well could be imagined. The History of "Punch"
He served in the Army in Europe during World War II, and his decorations included the Bronze Star Medal. Stanley L. Temko, Covington and Burling law firm partner, dies at 91
In 1363, for example, Bindo Benini donated to the monastery a relatively modest sum of 120 florins in order to help defray construction and decoration costs of a burial chapel in the chapterhouse.
Still, the pleasure of delicious food, or of beautiful decoration, or, in some instances, the utility of better nutriment, seems sufficient to a vast majority of civilised men and women to justify these customs.
Pagoda Trellis is based on a fragment of a silk panel hand painted in France in the eighteenth century in response to the European rage for chinoiserie that pervaded every aspect of interior decoration.
Pointless overdecoration, GertrudeStein explains, thinking of the commas and periods she has plucked from the pages of her writings. Serendip's Exchange -
It is the principle or requirement, of geometric base in interior design which, coupled with our natural delight in yielding or growing forms, has maintained through all the long history of decoration what is called conventionalised flower design. Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples
Seriously, It's most outstanding feature is It's wrecktacular decorations---imagine: ROSES "and" FIREWORKS in a synergistic wrecksplosion of cakey- bakey graduational melange... The Sprinkles Decorator Strikes Again
It began at 5 O'clock, out on the grounds amid harlequin tents and decorations.
No need for extravagant gifts, but I can haul out the decorations and tree.
Punches and coggles were used to apply bands of decoration such as circles, stars, floral emblems, and other motifs.
The innumerable efforts to identify the glyphs by their superficial appearance, calling the banded headdress a “pottery decoration,” and explaining the face-glyph of the North thereby, because in Maya _xaman_ is north and _xamach_ a tortilla dish (to say nothing of others still more fanciful, by a host of writers), have broken down, as was to be expected. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
Over its useful life. For decoration fee, it is proper to amortize them period.
Another factor helping to disseminate new types of building and decoration was the movement of pilgrims over the vast network of routes linking churches housing prestigious holy relics and shrines.
Linking with the waterways theme were stalls of canal boat art and decoration, boat upholstery, knot tying and information about the British Waterways.
Such decoration was a typical feature of the baroque period.
Blessings upon a fashion which has rescued from the claws of abigails, and the melting-pot of the silversmith, those neglected cimelia, for the benefit of antiquaries and the decoration of side-tables! Saint Ronan's Well
He was equally tolerant when it came to allowing buyers to choose colours that would go with their interior decoration.
Decoration could be chased or applied, such as borders of silver or gold, or floral swags, laurel wreaths, and stylized scrolls in varicolored gold.
Twenty-two people were awarded the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo - the highest decoration South Africa bestows on non-citizens.
The reredos is the first example in modern cathedral work of the elaborate style of decoration for the most holy part of the sanctuary, which is now not uncommon. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See
All that shopping and eating and arguing and crying and all the glitter and tacky decorations. Times, Sunday Times
Forget about the fine points of interior decoration. Iraq on $5,000 a second: Where to go & what to see
The example shown is ornamented with concentric bands of decoration around a group of folk dancers in the central roundel.
France had maintained a longstanding tradition of floral decoration in art and manuscript illumination since the Middle Ages.
One man laboriously cut the pierced decoration with a fretsaw and a variety of steel punches.
The survey found that the prime motivator for buying pictures was home decoration.
Limonium sinuatum, popularly known as statice, is generally grown so that it can be cut, and then dried and included in winter decorations. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
It is to be noted that in ‘classical’ Islamic architecture in Persia, decoration took the form of very geometric carving - arabesque - in intricate patterns, as well as verses from the Koran.
In most cases, however, the brick, carved stone, or terra-cotta ornament would survive far longer than decoration executed in wood.
The area of loss high-lighted in Plate XII illustrates the intrinsic flaw in tessellated inlay decoration: particles were apt to become dislodged as the thin strip of mixed clay was bent around the oval teapot.
Elsewhere, bright geometric patterns and colourful swirls provided the surface decoration. Times, Sunday Times
Candied borage flowers make beautiful decorations for cakes and pastries, and it's easy to do.
With its rhetorical poses and elaborate decoration, it was often criticised by later generations, who not only considered it bad, but also morally corrupt.
He ended his journalistic career as editor of a fashion and home decoration magazine. Times, Sunday Times
The small size makes the gauge convenient to cart along for measuring/adjusting/adding lines of sequins, or decorations to costumes.
Other methods of decoration include impressions made with the fingers, sticks, and other tools.
Turkish eighteenth-century yataghans are fine examples of artistic decoration: their wavy blades have near the hilt embossed plates with protruding coral insets.
Gone were the lavish decorations that had adorned the walls to celebrate their arrival that first time, but even so it was still far too overly decorated for Matthew's taste.
The clergy themselves did not bear arms, but were allowed to wear medals and decorations on their clerical robes. Times, Sunday Times
He seldom applied surface decoration other than subtly toned lacquers to protect the metal against tarnishing.
Hydrangeas, celosia, yarrow, baby's breath, rose buds, and cornflowers also dry well and make gorgeous decorations.
All furniture forms were plain in design with simple or no surface decoration.
Already I have spotted the first Hallowe'en decorations in store windows.
Now is the time to plan and plant flower bulbs for the holidays for both gifts and decorations.
The furniture and decorations are pretty careful and boring now. Times, Sunday Times
His jacket was heavy with military decorations.
At the back is a magnificent selection of Christmas trees and decorations.
The metal hardware and decorations attached to furniture often survive in the ground.
They are generally low-slung and squat in their dimensions, with non-fussy angles and sparse external decoration.
The countess took charge of the interior decoration. Times, Sunday Times
On view here are complex, deeply sculptured surfaces, wrought-iron grillwork, elaborately carved decorations surrounding round-arched windows, arcaded entrances and porches, and tile roofs.
A note in one of Leonardo's manuscripts speaks of twenty-four Roman subjects, probably small decorative groups in _camaieu_, painted on the vaulting of these rooms, and gives the exact cost of the blue, gold, and enamel employed, but all trace of these decorations has vanished. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497
It is also possible that the seriation does not accurately reflect the temporal duration of zone decorations or that the radiocarbon dates from Bluegrass do not accurately reflect the span of occupation of the site.
The pottery is usually plain and dark in colour, sometimes with channelled decoration and moulded handles.
The term ‘awards’ is an all-inclusive term covering any decoration, medal, badge, ribbon, or appurtenance bestowed on an individual or unit.
The pieces are completely made in ceramics by Bosa, and are available both in full colour and embellished by decoration in black or platinum floral photo patterns. The fool on the Hill by Luca Nichetto
Shine diamond decoration and shrink hemline perfectly show female's figure and charm.
At his Street sale on the Tuesday, there is a pair of late 19th century baluster-shaped glass decanters with diamond-cut decoration (estimate 80 to 100) and two late Victorian oak tantalus, each with a very affordable estimate of 100 to 150.
Now it is filled with spring flowers in Japanese ikebana vases made by Omlor; hand beaded bracelets and hair decorations, made by Guatemalans; tote bags painted by a Mexican woman, Sylvia Hernandez, to support her family; and candle holders made of the wood of olive trees from Palestine, for the Sisters mission to help the people of Palestine. The Advertiser-Tribune
Decorations were plentiful but without discrimination, organisation or style. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
She gave her decorations and medals to a granddaughter. Times, Sunday Times
The decorations alone, often of densely packed plants and flowers with a symbolic significance now lost on most of us, are astonishingly imaginative, sometimes bawdy and often droll.
I noticed a fashion of crinal decoration quite new to me. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
The final step in this process is the carving of the decoration (a Lesbian cymatium and several rows of bead-and-reel) onto the new block. Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Restoration Report 6
Amazing wood decorations depicting cherubs, crowns and wreaths of flowers surround marble fireplaces.
More than 20 million of us plan to join in the jollities, with top buys being decorations, snacks and drink. The Sun
The inside of the hall was wreathed in holiday decoration.
These cliff-like structures tower above the pavement, presenting a lavish display of cut-stone decoration and detail.
New glass techniques included avventurina (metal flecks embedded in glass for a sparkly look) and calcedonio (illusion of semiprecious stones), raised decorations on glass, and millefiori beads. Glasses Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
Banished under Modernism, it has something to do with decoration and ornament.
Why should a depiction of a distant queen and her courtiers have been thought suitable for the decoration on a snuff bottle?
Thus the Gothic cannot be defended as a universally valid period concept even in architec - ture, but is only applicable to ecclesiastical buildings, their decoration, and sphere of influence. CONCEPT OF GOTHIC
One of the reasons is, I think, that there was a kind of tension between abstract art and decoration.
The walls of the ground-floor sitting room are no less extravagant in their decoration. Times, Sunday Times
The evening will commence at 7.30pm with a hot fork buffet at 8pm in the Hydro Suite with all the trimmings and award winning decorations.
He hates the decorations, the trees, the gifts and especially the nauseating yuletide happiness.
Take stock of your festive decorations and decide if any need replacing. The Sun
With grey-green glaze on both the interior and exterior, the decoration en barbotine, the exterior with five vertical bands of conical projections.
Homemade Thanksgiving decorations are easy and fun to make.
The whole effect was massive, mediaeval, architectural, a celebration of jubilant ecclesiology and secular decoration. GOTHIC PURSUIT
Boiled wheat and peas, hardboiled egg, cherry tomates, chili cheese bits (ovenbaked), a mini Crème Brulee (made from a mix with the help of an eggcup as form) and frozen mango pieces, Thai basil as decoration. Bento #128 « Were rabbits
The manuscript's decoration is lavish: it contains 46 full-page miniatures, painted headpieces and initials, and over a thousand gold letters.
Decoration in colorful enamels within delicate cobalt blue outline.
At the Cistercian female house of Weinhausen in Saxony a very elaborate decoration program survives. 12 The church of the male Dominican convent in Constance, located closer to the female Dominican houses of the Upper Rhine, contained friezes and medallions. 13 Most choir spaces seem to have been decorated, but unfortunately few survive in their thirteenth - and fourteenth-century state. Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
Her two sisters' maid dresses are not as troublesome as hers due to the fact that theirs are plain and hers is full of decorations such as beads, ribbons and bows.
The opaque-white decanters have gilt decoration applied to all the positions occupied by cutting on the colourless ones.
A kakemono is intended to be displayed vertically as part of the interior decoration of a room.
Zack wouldn't hear of waiting until tomorrow to decorate it, so in the interest of preventing a major snit, I acquiesced and dug out the stand and decorations.
The Boeing business jet also comes with a choice of interior decoration ranging from the basic to sumptuous.
This Cathedral was constructed in 1612 and the decoration of its interior, of a Spanish Churrigueresque style, is one of the main reasons to consider it as one of the most beautiful churches in Peru.
The top of the bluestone doorframe is a vast transversal stone upon which the building's name is engraved, along with other fancy basso-relievo serving as decoration.
The Romanesque wing is all church decorations of various sorts, and all the rooms are designed like actual Romanesque churches, with columns or apses as appropriate to display the (usually fragmentary) decoration in the right place.
Well, coming back to the exhibition, each stall has something new to offer from doormats to curtains to decoration items.
Wall tile, square, molded, black and gray, raised line decoration, geometric design including flowers, acanthus leaves, and diamonds, part of a larger design.
Items for sale will include Christmas presents, decorations, cakes, toiletries and cards.
Hang paper chains or other decorations well away from lights or any other source of heat.
Claiming or wearing fraudulent military decorations is against federal law. Heroes or Villains?
The New Testament records that observant Judeans wore decorations called tassels on their garments.
For them, skulls, gargoyles, devils, and gothic knickknacks are part of the decoration.
Let's say the item being offered is a nice old oil lamp with an unblemished glass chimney and a base with some decoration that is in good shape.
Finally a long chapter entitled "_De sophisticatione vulvae_" introduces us to a phase of decoration and sophistication which I would fain believe little known or studied in the development of modern civilization, in which we are prone at least to follow the advice of Hamlet, to Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
So, there is a best choice for you to combine acoustical material together with interior decoration.
Throughout the grand rooms were tasteful decorations on doors and outside, seasonal songs playing. The Sun
The old furniture and decoration had a distinctly 1970s feel, so it will provide a much better environment for the services we provide.
Workers set about fixing the tacky decorations on lampposts as stunned onlookers enjoyed the summer sunshine. The Sun
The architect's report points to a number of places where rain water has come through the walls and damaged the internal decoration.
The interior decoration is quite restrained.
Unless your home is totally dilapidated, steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling: it will arouse suspicion.
Decoration is usually geometric and repetitive: lozenges, chevrons, and zigzags dominate.
The inscriptions, instead of being grouped wherever there happened to be space, and so producing the richest form of wall-decoration ever devised by man, are disposed in symmetrical columns, the effect of which, when compared with the florid style of Karnak, is as the methodical neatness of an engrossed deed to the splendid freedom of an illuminated manuscript. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
I machine-wash basic pieces in cold water on a delicate cycle and hand-wash those with decoration, drying them with care to preserve their shape. A Fashionista's Secret Weapon: Cheap Tops
In the hop growing areas of England, hop bines (the full length of the hop plant, twined up a string) have always been used for decoration along the beams of old farmhouse kitchens, on top of dressers and over the bar in pubs and hotels.
All the decorations and food props will be ones used in the actual movies. The Sun
The decoration was much more ornate than had been seen on most houses, even exquisite manors like the Big House and the Roscoe House.
The furnishing and decoration of the house is a blend of styles. Times, Sunday Times
She showed the members how to make beautiful flowers and other decorations from fondant icing and sugar paste.
His military decorations included the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal. Bruce D. Jones, Army colonel
The scene for the ceremony is set at a slightly elevated position on the floor, with African craft decorations all around.
The southern end of Bombay is a playground for ideas in Gothic decoration that make St Pancras look like the work of Mies van der Rohe. Bombs, slums, and brightly-coloured balloons « Squares of Wheat

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