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Sgraffito

Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

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Decoration 76% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Ornamentation 76% connected

The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

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Aciculated adjective · 78% connection

Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

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Aquarelle noun · 78% connection

A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.

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Arts and crafts noun · 78% connection

the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass pr…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Brooch noun · 78% connection

A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.

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Canvas noun · 78% connection

A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.

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Dark adjective · 78% connection

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…

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Decalcomania noun · 78% connection

either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface

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Design noun · 78% connection

The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan sh…

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Diorama noun · 78% connection

A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening.…

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Drive noun · 78% connection

the act of driving a herd of animals overland

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Energy noun · 78% connection

an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"

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Figure noun · 78% connection

a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"

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Graphotype noun · 78% connection

A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed u…

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Grisaille noun · 78% connection

Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.

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Hardness noun · 78% connection

The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measure…

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Impression noun · 78% connection

In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.

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Infucation noun · 78% connection

The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face.

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