frieze

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Above them sits a gleaming frieze of 42 judges, each marked with a golden Ma’at feather.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

They kept the field dimensions, re-created the limestone and granite façade, preserved views up to the elevated rail tracks and approximated the original frieze above the upper deck.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

Would curators notice if Carlo Pellegrini’s “Winter Sports” frieze, the first winning painting in 1912, went up for sale?

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Just below, sculpted panels stood at intervals along all four sides, while an unbroken strip of relief sculpture - the frieze - depicting a religious procession ran around the outer wall inside the colonnade.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Each put on a coarse straw bonnet, with strings of coloured calico, and a cloak of grey frieze.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë