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ENCARPUSA sculpted festoon of fruit, flowers, foliage and drapery ornamenting a frieze in classical architecture (8)
SWAGAn ornamental festoon of fruit, flowers or drapery (4)
SLOPESOrnamental flutes or grooves carved vertically on a Doric frieze in classical architecture; or, typographic representations of characters (6)
GARLANDSLong festoons of fir cones, flowers, foliage and fruit used to decorate beams, chimney pieces and staircases at Christmas; or, literary anthologies or florilegia (8)
PIPINGTubing or a long tube-like thing, such as fabric-covered cord edging a collar, cuff, curtain, cushion etc; or, a line of buttercream, Chantilly or icing, ornamenting a cake or pudding (6)
OXEYERound window in a frieze
METOPESquare space in a frieze
TACKSTemporary basting stitches in dressmaking, tailoring and drapery; drawing pins; or, ropes regulating the angles of sails in relation to wind direction (5)
HABERDASHERYSmall sewing and drapery items (12)
FLUSHA startled flock of rising or springing game birds; a fresh bloom of flowers, foliage or fruit; a suffusion of a reddish or rosy colour; or, a hand of poker cards, all of the same suit (5)
BUSTA sculpted portrait, often set on a pedestal in a grand room; the economic antithesis of a boom; a blackjack loser's fate; or, a police raid involving a smash of a door or gate (4)
FESTOONIn classical architecture, a carved representation of a garland of flowers, fruit, foliage and ribbons suspended in loops, known as a swag when depicting fabric (7)
PETWORTHStately home in Sussex with a room featuring Grinling Gibbons' carvings of fruit, flowers and birds that frame a number of paintings including landscapes by Turner (8)
BUTTONAny one of the bijou nacre objects ornamenting the costumes of the London costermongers known as pearly kings/queens; a bud; a small disc of chocolate; a knob at the end of a foil; or, anything of lit
HORN- of plenty; motif also known as a cornucopia depicting abundant fruit, flowers and grains as a symbol of prosperity and a bountiful harvest (4)
SPRIGLittle stem of flowers, foliage or berries; or, a representation of thus in the form of an embroidered motif or of a low-relief ornament applied to greenware (5)
ROCOCOFrom a French word denoting shell-covered pebble work ornamenting artificial grottoes, a term for a flamboyant style of architecture, decoration and furniture-making that emerged in Paris in the 1720s
EPERGNEDecorative centrepiece for a dining table consisting of a series of dishes or bowls connected by ornamental branches for fruit, flowers, sweet, nuts or candles (7)
LACETraditionally made in Brussels, Chantilly and Honiton, fabric with sprigs/motifs representing flowers, foliage, butterflies etc joined by "brides" within a border of gimp (4)
FESTOONSFrom the Italian for "ornaments for feasts", garlands of flowers, foliage, fruit, ribbons etc suspended in tied swags; or, carved/painted representations of these (8)