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motive
something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive. -
air twist
a serpentine motif within the stem of a goblet, produced by extending and twisting an air bubble during glass blowing. -
arabesque
An arabesque is a position in ballet dancing. The dancer stands on one leg with their other leg lifted and stretched out backwards, and their arms stretched out in front of them. -
block front
Furniture. a front of a desk, chest of drawers, etc., of the third quarter of the 18th century, having three vertical divisions of equal width, a sunken one between raised ones, all divided by flat areas to which they are connected by curves, often with a shell motif forming a rounded termination to each section. -
blotch printing
a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth. -
bocage
the wooded countryside characteristic of northern France, with small irregular-shaped fields and many hedges and copses