PREFERRED TERM
Motif
DEFINITION
- n. A termb borrowed from the French "motive" "motif". Any emblem or pattern that is worked weaved, embroided or stitched on fabrics, cloths, etc. It is any usually recurrent picture used as decoration on textiles.
BROADER CONCEPT
NARROWER CONCEPTS
- Abstract motif
- Arabesque
- Architectural motif
- Basket
- Bizarre motif
- Candelabra
- Candelieri
- Chinoiserie motif
- Cornucopia
- Crown
- Ferronerie style
- Floral motif
- Fret
- Fruit motif
- Garland
- Geometrical motif
- Grotesque
- Heraldic motif
- Iconography
- Inscription
- Lace (motif)
- Loop
- Oriental motif
- Ornamental band
- Ribbon (motif)
- Rinceau
- Star
- Strip
- Vase
- Vegetal motif
- Zoomorphic
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Motif
French
Motivo
Italian
Motivo
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/742
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