frieze
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Yet collectively they suggest a frieze on an antique sarcophagus, aligned on the rosy ledge across the bottom of the painting, their heads forming a horizontal row with that of Jesus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
They kept the field dimensions, re-created the limestone and granite façade, preserved views up to the elevated rail tracks and approximated the original frieze above the upper deck.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024
He stayed in a large bedroom on the first floor’s west wing, which features a delicate plaster frieze of mermaids and multiple layers of ancient wooden panelling.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024
Would curators notice if Carlo Pellegrini’s “Winter Sports” frieze, the first winning painting in 1912, went up for sale?
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
I stared through the frieze of rubber-plant leaves in Jay Cee's window to the blue sky beyond.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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