openwork
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈoʊpənˌwɜrk/
:
trabajo de calado
- The intricate design of the openwork allows the light to filter through beautifully.
Examples
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One features a tiara-like openwork headpiece with alternating motifs extending around the sides; the other is an arrangement of overlapping tresses that recall pangolin or fish scales.
Academic text (1998) -
In contrast to the Thembu costume, here light turquoise dominates in the openwork, crossover "tunic" that features large hip panels (detail at bottom right).
Academic text (2003) -
The openwork walls looked intricate enough to tax the best craftswoman at her lace frame.
Fiction book (1991) -
Openwork spider motifs decorate the wooden stem.
Academic text (2000) -
Certain artists have expanded upon this idea by carving a human head adorned with an elaborate coiffure at the top of the openwork crown.
Academic text (1998) -
Many were carved or commissioned as gifts of affection from a young man to his sweetheart, a husband to his wife, or a father to his daughter, and the openwork, relief, and incised imagery on the combs often reflect these relationships.
Academic text (2003) -
A piece nearly identical to the Houston chair, with a slightly more openwork back, was photographed at the Asante paramountcy of Agogo in the early 1960s.
Academic text (2003) -
An inventive artist could choose to carve a saltcellar with a conical base or an openwork cylindrical base, as well as create saltcellars of original and atypical shape.
Academic text (1994) -
Finally, we must note that the Creglingen altarpiece stands on an openwork stone altar, a feature it shares with Erhard Altdorfer's now-lost altarpiece for the Holy Blood Chapel in Sternberg.
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One wears a cascade hairstyle, the other wears an openwork cross-shaped coiffure; according to Luba spokespersons, these were the two most popular fashions of the late nineteenth century.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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8.7
A decorative pattern cut into thin strips of wood or metal used on furniture and buildings
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4.5
A fabric with threads placed far apart so small holes let light and air through
Decorative sewing where threads are pulled out of the cloth to make lace patterns
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Openwork combines open ('not closed') and work ('something made'), so it means a made object with open spaces or holes. Think of lace, a carved wood panel, or a metal grille where the empty parts form a decorative pattern.