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That accessory dates back to the late 1800s, and features floral and foliate motifs with rose-cut diamonds.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
The Princess was dressed by Hartnell in a gown of British woven silk satin, inspired, as the designer noted, by Boticelli’s Primavera and embroidered with seed pearls in foliate designs.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022
Art Deco carved ruby and diamond braceletwith trailing foliate design with an open panel clasp, mounted in platinum, circa 1930.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 July 2022
The diamond tiara was made by E. Wolff & Co for R & S. Garrard in a scrolled and pierced foliate form.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022
The works reference Art Nouveau’s mimicry of foliate forms — only, in this case, they’re literally composed of leaves.
—New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
On one tall, tapered rectangular vase, Pignolet alternates foliate ornamentation with extracts from the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford at the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
—Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
These beetles can cause a grade deal of damage to linden and crabapple trees, fruit-bearing trees and grapevines, along with other foliate flora.
—USA TODAY, 26 July 2019
Round box with lid made by Frank J. Marshall Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Hale’s jewelry designs often incorporate foliate motifs in the gold or silver setting.
—Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
The Princess was dressed by Hartnell in a gown of British woven silk satin, inspired, as the designer noted, by Boticelli’s Primavera and embroidered with seed pearls in foliate designs.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022
Art Deco carved ruby and diamond braceletwith trailing foliate design with an open panel clasp, mounted in platinum, circa 1930.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 July 2022
The diamond tiara was made by E. Wolff & Co for R & S. Garrard in a scrolled and pierced foliate form.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022
The works reference Art Nouveau’s mimicry of foliate forms — only, in this case, they’re literally composed of leaves.
—New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
On one tall, tapered rectangular vase, Pignolet alternates foliate ornamentation with extracts from the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford at the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
—Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
These beetles can cause a grade deal of damage to linden and crabapple trees, fruit-bearing trees and grapevines, along with other foliate flora.
—USA TODAY, 26 July 2019
Round box with lid made by Frank J. Marshall Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Hale’s jewelry designs often incorporate foliate motifs in the gold or silver setting.
—Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
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“Foliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foliate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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