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openwork

noun as in lace

noun as in lattice

noun as in net

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But her 1957 painted aluminum “12 Concentric Circles,” with its openwork curves spinning off into space, is a departure from the foursquare Constructivist model set by much geometric work of the period.

This show explores European lace which, like all lace, is a textile that involves no weaving and has openwork structure.

In each case, the crowning feature is an openwork ensemble, cut from a single block of wood, dominated by a large male figure.

More for style than sun protection, some models paraded with cannage hats, an openwork grid pattern favoured by Christian Dior that was also found on padded long coats in blue and khaki green.

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A kind of openwork weaving made of knotted cords, or thread, the traditional Andean quipus found in burials may have been used as calculation instruments or memory recorders.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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