foliate
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A gold cuff thought to have been decoration on a royal stool is embossed with lavish foliate patterns suggestive of leaves on a kum tree, a type of banyan for which Kumasi is named.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024
The design featured a foliate design on an "ornate aubergine coloured" background, the catalogue said.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023
They are normally described by art historians as foliate heads, and they are, essentially, a decorative trope.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2023
Made from creamy synthetic scuba knit — which holds shape very well — it has a 20-foot train painted and printed with slightly pixelated gold foliate pattern based on a sketch by Mr. Lagerfeld.
From New York Times • May 5, 2016
The general effect of the design remained the same, but the foliate ornamentation gave place to angular outlines.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
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