Decorated style
Decorated architecture
a 14th-century style of English architecture characterized by the ogee arch, geometrical tracery, and floral decoration
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How to use Decorated style in a sentence
Coity church, dating from the 14th century, is a fine cruciform building with central embattled tower in Early Decorated style.
So far all is simple: but as we approach the Decorated style, the symbolism becomes excessively complicated.
Churches and Church Ornaments | William DurandusIt is in the Decorated style of Gothic, and has a row of picturesque gable-ends lining the north-east side.
Hampstead and Marylebone | Geraldine Edith MittonNumerous instances of this kind occur in antient churches and halls built in the Decorated style.
The Curiosities of Heraldry | Mark Antony LowerIn the Decorated style of the fourteenth century tracery was developed till it reached a great pitch of perfection and intricacy.
Architecture | Thomas Roger Smith
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