Look up: linen-fold

1. linen-fold
   Style of woodcarving, especially on panelling, to resemble hanging folds of fabric. See DECORATIVE MOTIFS.
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2. linen-fold
   Style of woodcarving, especially on panelling, to resemble hanging folds of fabric.
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3. linenfold
   decorative motif in the form of a folded piece of linen cloth. usually carved in low relief.
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4. linenfold
   (from the article `paneling`) ...decoration in England. Early Tudor walls are profusely carved, often in fielded panels, in which the central area is raised above the framing. One ... ...oriel (large bay windows projecting from the wall and supported by brackets) windows, and Qur`n lecterns. The most original and remarkable form of ... ...
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5. Linenfold
   are covered with wood panelling in a linenfold design. `Linenfold` (or `linen fold`) is a simple style of relief carving used to decorate wood panelling with a design "imitating window tracery", "imitating folded linen" or "stiffly imitating folded material". Originally...
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