If you already have a lot of things, it might be harder to meet the decorative and functional combination; if you have less, however, it will probably be a lot easier.
From about 1470 to 1520, one gets the impression that the combination of decorative richness and realistic detail was being worked virtually to death.
The stalactite work, which is so marked a feature of later Islāmic architecture, is, in essence, merely a decorative development of a combination of niche squinch forms.
MANHATTAN: 360 Riverside Drive (at 108th Street), #7B A one-bedroom one-bath co-op with a decorative fireplace and a combination washer/dryer in a prewar building with keyed elevator access.
The Marine Chronometer Manufacture, first shown in its final version at Baselworld last March and on display at the Salon Belles Montres in Paris, is a study in contrasts, with an unusual combination of decorative artisanal handiwork and the use of new materials in the heart of the caliber.
Exposed brick interior walls became common, along with decorative moldings, daring color combinations and exposed columns.
The exhibition demonstrates that elaborate vocabularies of symbols, geometric patterns, color combinations and decorative details distinguish the work of the various Xhosa-speaking people from one another.
These pieces all demonstrate the fascinating cultural exchanges that took place through the porcelain, as design concepts, decorative motifs and color combinations were drawn from numerous media — including architecture, painting, textiles and literature — in diverse cultures and then taken to China, reinterpreted and sent back out.
There is, to be certain, an element of irony, in the sense of an incongruence or disruption of expectations, in Krafft's combination of dainty decorative objects and disturbing political iconography, and in series like his "Forgiveness" perfume bottles and soap bars, whose logo is the swastika, or his china reliquaries made from clay mixed with cremated human remains.
