Meanings (ES + gloss)
arabesco
An elaborate design of intertwined floral figures or complex geometrical patterns, mainly used in Islamic art and architecture.
It was a sort of scene which Adam had beheld almost weekly for years; he knew by heart every arabesque flourish in the framed specimen of Bartle Massey’s handwriting which hung ove…
The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space…
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