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lobate style

lobate style noun: synonym of auricular style.

Noun

lobate style (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Synonym of auricular style.
    • Adam [van Vianen]'s suppleness is not only equalled, but even surpassed by [Joannes] Lutma. In fact, the lobate style, if it was not Lutma's invention, reached its highest perfection in his work.1961, J. W. Frederiks, “III. The Baroque Style. A. The Lobate Style. North-Holland. Amsterdam. Joannes Lutma Sr.”, in Dutch Silver: Embossed Ecclesiastical and Secular Plate from the Renaissance...
    • The auricular or lobate style, known in Holland as Kwabornament and in Germany as Knorpelwerk, appears to be the only ornamental style which was developed mainly by silversmiths and found its fullest and most notable expression in silver.1971, Hugh Honour, “Paulus van Vianen (c. 1568—1613)”, in Goldsmiths & Silversmiths (Great Craftsmen), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →OCLC, page 97

Examples of lobate style in a sentence

  • The two-handled cup and cover by the Hound Sejant maker at Wadham College, Oxford, to which he compared it, shows a similar tentative application of the lobate style to an essentially English form.1993, Ellenor M. Alcorn, “58. Two-Handled Cup and Cover, London, ca. 1665, Gold, 60.534a,b”, in English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts...
  • II) moreover herald an entirely new fashion, that of the auricular or lobate style.1997, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, “Hendrick de Keyser: Draftsman and Designer of Stained Glass”, in Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the...

Synonyms of lobate style

Questions about lobate style

What does lobate style mean?
Lobate style means synonym of auricular style.
How do you use lobate style in a sentence?
The two-handled cup and cover by the Hound Sejant maker at Wadham College, Oxford, to which he compared it, shows a similar tentative application of the lobate style to an essentially English form.
What part of speech is lobate style?
Lobate style is a noun.

Words near lobate style in the dictionary

  1. lobaric acid
  2. Lobata
  3. lobatamide
  4. lobatamides
  5. lobate
  6. lobate style
  7. lobated
  8. lobately
  9. lobates
  10. lobation
  11. lobations

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