rocaille
Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C-curves.
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How to use rocaille in a sentence
He had a most marvelous power of invention and lavished ornament on everything, carrying the rocaille style to its utmost limit.
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste | Lucy Abbot ThroopAfter the death of its owner society, in a fit of madness, plunged into the rocaille.
The House in Good Taste | Elsie de Wolfe
British Dictionary definitions for rocaille
/ (rɒˈkaɪ) /
decorative rock or shell work, esp as ornamentation in a rococo fountain, grotto, or interior
Origin of rocaille
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