architectural ornament
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For that shot, we positioned this architectural ornament exactly behind Stanton as if rays of light are coming out of his head like he’s a saint.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2022
Rather, it is a publicly owned private space, an outdoor showroom and storage area for Allan Reiver’s Elizabeth Street Gallery, which deals in antiques and architectural ornament.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015
Levester Williams contributes a white egg shape recessed into a notch in a white wall, perhaps a crypt from a miniature catacombs or simply a minimalist architectural ornament.
From Washington Post • May 28, 2015
In the Museum's Grecian collection, the swastika is visible as the architectural ornament which has come to be known as the Greek key pattern, widely used on tiles and textiles to this day.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2014
The acanthus design in architectural ornament, the Saracenic decoration on a sword-blade, aim indeed primarily at formal beauty and little more.
From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss
