decorative art
noun
1
: art that is concerned primarily with the creation of useful items (such as furniture, ceramics, or textiles)
—usually used in plural
2
: objects of decorative art
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As reported, the exhibition is to feature around 66 outfits and 30 accessories displayed alongside items from the Louvre’s permanent collection of decorative art objects.
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Miles Socha, WWD, 16 Jan. 2025
Highlights include early colonial New England decorative arts and paintings, with John Singleton Copley’s famous Revere portrait and the silversmith’s Sons of Liberty Bowl.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
But for now, at least, the Louvre’s decorative arts department has one of the best stage sets for showing fashion — namely, the apartments of Emperor Napoleon III.
—Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Historically, textile art has too often been marginalised due to its perception as a domestic decorative art practice primarily by women.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Miles Socha, WWD, 16 Jan. 2025
Highlights include early colonial New England decorative arts and paintings, with John Singleton Copley’s famous Revere portrait and the silversmith’s Sons of Liberty Bowl.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
But for now, at least, the Louvre’s decorative arts department has one of the best stage sets for showing fashion — namely, the apartments of Emperor Napoleon III.
—Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Historically, textile art has too often been marginalised due to its perception as a domestic decorative art practice primarily by women.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Decorative art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decorative%20art. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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