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...
- elements like columns and obelisks. Architectural detail and decorative strapwork patterns derived from continental engravings, especially the prints of...
- art quickly ****imilated several elements of the secular style, such as strapwork ornamenting, and extensive segmentation. Paintings have mainly survived...
- 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...
- spandrel (yellow line). Construction decagons blue, bowties red. The strapwork cuts across the construction tessellation. Analysis of octagonal patterns...
- On 15th-century maps they are modelled after Italian precedent (simple strapwork), by the 16th century architectural and figurative elements (like coats...
- among other features it acquired versions of the Dutch gable, and Flemish strapwork in geometric designs adorning the walls. The new style tended to manifest...
- 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...
- floor. It is designed in Tudor Revival style with a plaster ceiling, strapwork, and floral and foliage motifs. The bar room contains walnut woodwork...