Examples of 'frieze' in a sentence

Meaning of "frieze"

Frieze refers to a decorative band or strip that is often found on architecture or furniture. It is typically adorned with various designs or patterns
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  • A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
  • To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.
  • That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
  • Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.

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The animal frieze had been abandoned completely.
The windows are ornamented by a frieze with rosettes.
A rosette frieze is above the each level.
Below the pediment runs a continuous frieze.
The subject of the frieze is the suovetaurilia.
The frieze depicts a continuous line of acanthus.
Between the two storeys is a carved frieze.
Over this is a frieze and a segmental pediment.
At the top was a deep corbelled cornice frieze.
A frieze is the wide central section of an entablature.
Above these is a frieze and a battlemented parapet.
At the top of the pilasters is a simple frieze.
A decorative frieze depicting a scene from a hunt.
It is the biggest marble frieze in the world.
A sculpted frieze runs under the triforium.

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Below the roofline is a simple wooden frieze.
The frieze was clearly structured by use of colours.
The dining room displays a painted frieze.
Look at the frieze above the tombstone.
The band above it is the mythology frieze.
A frieze pattern with glide reflection symmetry.
Thus there are seven possible frieze groups.
All frieze patterns have translational symmetry.
There are apparently eleven mammoths in this frieze.
A frieze depicts dragons and looks more oriental.
Within the entablatures is a frieze ornamented with scrollwork.
The frieze is very well preserved.
Above the portal is a frieze with biblical scenes.
The frieze is made up of four images.
His initials appear in the plasterwork frieze of a bedroom.
An outer frieze in low relief surrounds the monument.
Above the latter is a decorated frieze.
Around the top frieze are statues of angels in miniature.
In its place is a plain stone frieze.
There is a full frieze of icons with correct details.
Frieze of a naked man wearing a chlamys.
The original decorative frieze infills are no longer in place.
A frieze band and cornice cap the building.
Above them is a paneled frieze below the cornice.
A long frieze runs on both frontages.
It features an ornate cornice and frieze.
Above its frieze and cornice is a copper dome.
The statue is in the middle of a frieze.
The frieze depicts many things.
Above them in turn is a brick cornice and frieze.
A fretwork frieze is located at the top of the building.
The eaves cornice has a corbelled trefoil frieze.
He did a frieze for the bourse with maritime allegories.
Projecting modillions support an unornamented frieze and cornice.
Below the frieze are several rows of brick corbelling.

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