framing

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The scene before me was the most beautiful in shape and colour I had ever seen; but I am in no mood to describe the Leonardo-like mountains enframing the azure bay.

From Memoirs of My Dead Life by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Black was the chief delineating color, the red having been confined to broad areas, to outlines, and to the enframing of panels.

From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry

In these lancets are found some Early English glass—broad borders of grisaille enframing the rich-toned medallions within.

From Stained Glass Tours in England by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock

The treatment of all these lancets is alike: the enframing canopy encloses three tiers of niches, one above the other, in each of which is a little scene in colour.

From Stained Glass Tours in France by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock

Then, too, there is a distinctly bluish tone to his enframing stone canopies; all this sounds very raw and harsh, but the general effect is nevertheless excellent.

From Stained Glass Tours in France by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock