Definition of Strapwork. Meaning of Strapwork. Synonyms of Strapwork

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Definition of Strapwork

Strapwork
Strapwork Strap"work`, n. (Arch.) A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.

Meaning of Strapwork from wikipedia

- In the history of art and design, strapwork is the use of stylised representations in ornament of ribbon-like forms. These may loosely imitate leather...
- Title page of first edition of Part I of Don Quixote (1605), featuring the motto Post tenebras spero lucem on the strapwork around the central device...
- asymmetrical fronts and picturesque m****ing Flemish mannerist sunken panels of strapwork deeply shadowed entrances broad porches overall, a domesticated free Renaissance...
- leather"), or else from the fact that the boot was laced or tied on (ligere). Strapwork styles varied from maker to maker and region to region. The placement...
- elements like columns and obelisks. Architectural detail and decorative strapwork patterns derived from continental engravings, especially the prints of...
- handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines that form an interlaced strapwork pattern. Girih decoration is believed to have been inspired by Syrian...
- roof and two m****ive oak entrance doors with Medieval inspired metal strapwork. A 106-foot (32 m) engaged tower with corner buttresses and an octagonal...
- exterior was painted in imitation of marble or huge jewels held by iron strapwork. The rose in the soundboard is surrounded by a painted wreath of flowers...
- spandrel (yellow line). Construction decagons blue, bowties red. The strapwork cuts across the construction tessellation. Analysis of octagonal patterns...
- offering fivefold and tenfold symmetries. The tiles are decorated with strapwork lines (girih), generally more visible than the tile boundaries. In 2007...