Definition of Openwork. Meaning of Openwork. Synonyms of Openwork

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Definition of Openwork

Openwork
Openwork O"pen*work`, n. 1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced. 2. (Mining) A quarry; an open cut. --Raymond.

Meaning of Openwork from wikipedia

- Openwork or open-work is a term in art history, architecture and related fields for any technique that produces decoration by creating holes, piercings...
- covering for Jewish women and Christian women. It is characterized by openwork, which allows the surface of the underlying object to show through. Doiley...
- designed reinforcing beams which halted the deformation of the structure. Openwork spires were a notable architectural innovation, beginning with the spire...
- Hardwick's skyline features six rooftop banqueting house pavilions with Bess of Hardwick's initials "ES" (Elizabeth Shrewsbury) in openwork....
- made in Celtic, Irish and Viking art styles. The openwork disc consists of a metal ring with an openwork design. These delicate brooches were usually made...
- or à jour (French for "to the day," meaning open to the daylight) is an openwork metalworking technique similar to filigree, which leaves open spaces in...
- spectacularly ornamented towers, covered with arches, gables, pinnacles and openwork spires pointing upwards. The tower of Ulm Minster has a similar history...
- dominated by its huge spires, which are entirely Germanic in character, being openwork like those of Ulm, Vienna, Strasbourg and Regensburg Cathedrals. An aerial...
- Celadon Openwork Incense Burner...
- Gothic bridge in Central Park, New York dating from the 1860. Vaux enlisted openwork forms derived from Gothic blind-arcading and window tracery to express...