decorative

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Filled with eccentric decorative touches that mirrored Simmons’ vibrant public persona, the property features everything from staircase cherubs and boldly patterned wallpaper to curved French doors, terraced gardens, and a key-shaped swimming pool.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Yet well into the 20th century, both pagan and Christian Celtic abstraction was considered to be merely decorative and inferior to classical representation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Bansal says higher shipping costs have made it more expensive to send decorative glass items abroad, particularly to the US.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

In a trip in November 2013 to Vincenzo Caffarella, a decorative arts and antiques shop in London, £170,000 was allegedly spent on a "vast amount of property" including Venetian lamps and vases.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

He has treated his shapes much like the enclosed, flat panes of a stained-glass window to create a lively decorative pattern.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson