decorative border

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decorative
adjective
uk
/ˈdek.ər.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈdek.ər.ə.t̬ɪv/
made to ...
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border
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɔː.dər/us
/ˈbɔːr.dɚ/
a line that has been agreed to divide one country ...
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(Definition ofdecorativeandborderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The top and back of the cello hasdecorativeborderinlay known as purfling.
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Minisheets often contain a number of different stamps, and often having adecorativeborder.
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The corner windows are long rectangular panels framed with adecorativeborderand keystone.
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This is shown by the more prominent place that the miniature now assumes, and by its growing independence of thedecorativeborderand initial.
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A common motif in metalworking, jewelry design and the applied arts at the intersection of two materials, or to form adecorativeborder.
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Thedecorativebordersurrounding the engraving is distinctly non-medieval and it was only by cropping it that the confusion about the historical origins of the image became possible.
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Traditional embroidered motifs were now rearranged into decorative borders framing lengthy inscriptions or verses of an improving nature and small pictorial scenes.
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It often includes the alphabet, figures, motifs, decorative borders and sometimes the name of the person who embroidered it and the date.
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These often include an option of novelty decorative borders around the photos.
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Latten is a term for decorative borders and similar objects cut from sheet metal, whether of brass or bronze.
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The lobbies and corridor have their original black terrazzo flooring inlaid with decorative borders and patterns.
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The windows by the portico are arched with decorative borders and ketystones.
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By about 1600, blue-and-white wares were being produced, labelling the contents within decorative borders.
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She also received commissions for adding decorative borders, vignettes, and title pages to publications.
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It is illuminated on vellum, with decorative borders like a book of hours, beautifully painted and heightened with gold.
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The composition is static and two-dimensional with the figures placed within arches, curtains and decorative borders.
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Each page features thick-set, decorative borders crowded with an array of aesthetic choices considered highly inventive for its time.
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The design involved a broad central zone with narrow decorative borders top and bottom.
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Many tops have decorative borders, of plainer design, surrounding the central panel of the top and enlarging the quilt.
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He is known for decorative borders on large-scale city maps.
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