This potential has not been fully developed because of the ease and speed in building with other materials ; in the late-20th century brick was confined to low-or medium-rise structures or as a thin decorative cladding over concrete-and-steel buildings or for internal non-load-bearing walls.

The Romans built many primarily decorative labyrinth designs on walls and floors in tile or mosaic.

The intricate decorative designs at Alhambra, which were based on mathematical formulas and feature interlocking repetitive patterns sculpted into the stone walls and ceilings, were a powerful influence on Escher's works.

Combining features of Roman and Byzantine buildings and other local traditions, Romanesque architecture is known by its massive quality, thick walls, round arches, sturdy piers, groin vaults, large towers and decorative arcading.

The King's Guard Chamber contains a large quantity of arms: muskets, pistols, swords, daggers, powder horns and pieces of armour arranged on the walls in decorative patterns.

In the early-and mid-20th century, orange shellac was used as a one-product finish ( combination stain and varnish-like topcoat ) on decorative wood paneling used on walls and ceilings in homes, particularly in the US.

Although there are few old buildings and rarely new blue stone buildings, its use is generally limited to parts of the decorative walls.

Tapestries were also draped on the walls of castles for insulation during winter, as well as for decorative display.

The Centre Refreshment Room 1865 – 77 was designed in a Renaissance style by James Gamble, the walls and even the Ionic columns are covered in decorative and moulded ceramic tile, the ceiling consists of elaborate designs on enamelled metal sheets and matching stained glass windows, the marble fireplace was designed and sculpted by Alfred Stevens and was removed from Dorchester House prior to that building's demolition in 1929.

Angkor Wat architects employed small apsara images ( 30 – 40 cm as seen at left ) as decorative motifs on pillars and walls.

It is highly unusual and decorative ; being predominantly pink, the pews are decorated with carved animals, including kangaroos and whales, and the walls are riotously colourful, and include frescoes of dodos and peacocks.

The builders, fascinated by the flexibility of the new technology, used brick as a decorative medium both inside and outside, leaving as much brickwork open as possible ; when location required the use of stone walls, it was decorated with a brickwork pattern painted over stucco.

There are a total of 17 buildings, of which two, Nestegardsstugu and Raunsgardsstugu, have decorative wall paintings on the walls.

Starting in the 1830s, Corot also painted decorative panels and walls in the homes of friends, aided by his students.

* Stone Veneer: Stone veneer is used as a protective and decorative covering for interior or exterior walls and surfaces.

Most of his work is in wood, especially decorative Baroque garlands made up of still-life elements at about life size, made to frame mirrors and decorate the walls of churches and palaces, but he also produced furniture and small relief plaques with figurative scenes.

This included: demolishing 4 bridges: Lake Street, Martindale Road, Geneva Street, Welland Avenue, rehabilitating 2 bridges: Ontario Street and Niagara Street, widening the Third Street bridges, ramp modifications at Lake St, Ontario St and Niagara St, decorative landscaping at Martindale Road, widening Martindale from 2 to 4 lanes, widening Lake Street from 4 to 5 lanes, installing high mast lighting, replacing traffic lights, installing 2 Retained Soil Slopes ( RSS ), improving the Highway 406 interchange, constructing noise barriers to reduce noise for residents, 1, 370 metres of retaining walls, culvert extensions at Richardson and Grapeview creeks, expanding the MTO ( Ministry of Transportation ) system, and upgrading full illumination through the highway.

The walls of one of the ground floor rooms in the north block has late-17th-century decorative painting now largely concealed behing early-18th-century panelling.

The battlements of the Arabs had a more decorative and varied character, and were continued from the 13th century onwards not so much for defensive purposes as for a crowning feature to the walls.

A further decorative treatment appears in the elaborate paneling of the merlons and that portion of the parapet walls rising above the cornice, by the introduction of quatrefoils and other conventional forms filled with foliage and shield.

Quartzite is a decorative stone and may be used to cover walls, as roofing tiles, as flooring, and stair steps.

In the Yokaichi and Gokoku districts is a street of merchant houses, which have solemn white or cream coloured plaster walls, lattices, decorative walls and old-style Japanese desks.

The walls of the house may be decorated with pictures of past chapter events, awards and trophies, decorative ( or historic ) paddles, or composite photos of members from past years.

It includes gardens, decorative historical walls, and an exhibition and performance area surrounding Lake Cui (), also known as Emerald Pond.

Thomsen was the first to perceive typologies of grave goods, grave types, methods of burial, pottery and decorative motifs, and to assign these types to layers found in excavation.

* Galva is the headquarters of Dixline Corporation-production and finishing of decorative and functional casket hardware for use on burial caskets

Jade was used to create many utilitarian and ceremonial objects, from indoor decorative items to jade burial suits.

Rosedale was the first cemetery in Los Angeles open to all races and creeds, and was the first to adopt the concept of the new approach of design called lawn cemeteries, where the grounds are enhanced to surround the burial places of the dead with beautiful and decorative trees, shrubs, flowers, natural scenery and works of monumental art.

Jade was used to create many utilitarian and ceremonial objects, ranging from indoor decorative items to jade burial suits.

One of the famous burial towers, the Gonbad-e-Kabud ( Blue Tower, 1197 ) is decorated with decorative patterns resembling Penrose tiles.

Dayan, not knowing about the serdab entrance, started investigating the shaft visible beyond the decorative grate and came up with the idea of sending someone thin enough through the shaft and down into the chamber below.

While the shape of the chamber was not replicated, some of its decorative motifs were, with the ceiling structure in the Old Senate Chamber and old House of Representatives chamber ( now the Statuary Hall ) holding a striking resemblance to the original Pearce-designed ceiling in the original Irish House of Commons.

The organ sits in a chamber situated behind the large decorative grilles facing the audience.

Most of the decorative paintings, the Pompeiian Cupola Room and the case for the 18th century chamber organ built by Samuel Green in 1790, were the work of Italian artist, Biagio Rebecca.

It was the " bold, decorative lines of her compositions, the richness of her colors and simulated textures, and the feats of illusionism she achieved in depicting wide variety of objects, both natural and artificial " which drew in the attention of the Royal Académie and the numerous collectors who purchased her paintings.

Lime white, hard and brilliant, has a tendency to `` jump '' away from the other colors in drying, and also by its capacity to set, to preclude the use of ready-made gradations, so useful in decorative work.

Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences, but in modern usage the fine arts, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, are distinguished from acquired skills in general, and the decorative or applied arts.

Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.

It is known for its small scale and the extreme refinement of its decorative carvings, including several famous narrative bas-reliefs dealing with scenes from Indian mythology.

This multi-headed nāga is part of a decorative lintel from the end of the 9th century.

Romanesque art owes much to the East, from which it borrowed not only its decorative forms but the plan of some of its buildings, as is proved, for instance, by the domed churches of south-western France.

In a garment from Migration period Sweden, roughly 300 – 700 CE, the edges of bands of trimming are reinforced with running stitch, back stitch, stem stitch, tailor's buttonhole stitch, and whipstitching, but it is uncertain whether this work simply reinforces the seams or should be interpreted as decorative embroidery.

Georgian designs usually lay within the Classical orders of architecture and employed a decorative vocabulary derived from ancient Rome or Greece.

Fully prepared gelatin desserts are sold in a variety of forms, ranging from large decorative shapes to individual serving cups.

The beginning of the Iron Age in Europe and adjacent areas is characterized by certain forms of implements, weapons, personal ornaments, and pottery, and also by systems of decorative design, which are altogether different from those of the preceding age of bronze.

Other fine and decorative art objects from the University Art Collection include prints, paintings, sculptures, textiles, carpets, wood objects, lacquered pieces, silver, and furniture.

Pei also oversaw specific decorative details, including a bench in the entrance lobby, carved from a 350-year-old keyaki tree.

Different methods of casting on are used for different effects: one may be stretchy enough for lace, while another provides a decorative edging — Provisional cast-ons are used when the knitting will continue in both directions from the cast-on.

The conversions from nomadism and paganism to settlement and Christianity also opened up new arenas of artistic expression, such as architecture ( especially churches ) and its accompanying decorative arts ( such as frescoes ).

* Meander ( art ), a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif

The examples of a rich and hectic decorative style at Fontainebleau transferred the Italian style, through the medium of engravings, to Antwerp and thence throughout Northern Europe, from London to Poland, and brought Mannerist design into luxury goods like silver and carved furniture.

The principal islands are those of the Archipiélago de las Perlas in the middle of the Gulf of Panama, the penal colony on the Isla de Coiba in the Golfo de Chiriquí, and the decorative island of Taboga, a tourist attraction that can be seen from Panama City.

# I undertake to abstain from singing, dancing, playing music, attending entertainment performances, wearing perfume, and using cosmetics and garlands ( decorative accessories ).

# Refrain from wearing perfume, cosmetics and garland ( decorative accessories ).

Many buildings date from the 19th century and are constructed of brick or stone and adorned with decorative woodwork, ceramic tile, slate roofs and stained glass.

Quilting can be elaborately decorative, comprising stitching fashioned into complex designs and patterns, simple or complex geometric grids, " motifs " traced from published quilting patterns or traced pictures, freehand, or complex repeated designs called tessellations.

The term for tatting in most European languages is derived from French frivolité, which refers to the purely decorative nature of the textiles produced by this technique.

Some believe that tatting may have developed from netting and decorative ropework as sailors and fishers would put together motifs for girlfriends and wives at home.

Ambient Devices has produced an " orb ", a " dashboard ", and a " weather beacon ": these decorative devices receive data from a wireless network and report current events, such as stock prices and the weather, like the Nabaztag produced by Violet Snowden.