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Linenfold logo #10101) Architectural element
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Linenfold

Linenfold logo #21000 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 from Flanders, the style became widespread across Northern Europe in the 14th to 16th centuries. The name was applied to the decora...
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linenfold logo #21003(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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linenfold

linenfold logo #20030decorative motif in the form of a folded piece of linen cloth. usually carved in low relief.
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