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decoration

In art, the adornment or embellishment of an artefact with ornament, including painted patterns and images, and techniques such as sgraffito (scratched designs) or decoupage (cut-out pictures).



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From each side of the saddle hangs an esquimoot, a sort of pocket, in which she bestows the residue of her trinkets and nick-nacks, which cannot be crowded on the decoration of her horse or herself.
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Viewed as work, this decoration was slow to do, and dirty to deal with.
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