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Example sentences for "rosettes"

Lexicographically close words:
roser; rosery; roses; rosette; rosetted; rosewater; rosewood; rosier; rosiest; rosily
  1. The aubrietias are very pretty little plants, having creeping rosettes of greyish-green leaves, and a perfect sheet of mauve or lilac bloom about April.

  2. The six Singers, three for each side, sit in an open group on the ground near the ends of the rug, those wearing blue rosettes on the north and those wearing green rosettes on the south side.

  3. The players take their seats on the ground on the line of the circle, those wearing blue rosettes on the north half, those wearing green rosettes on the south half of the circle.

  4. Among the most notable objects are a number of gold crowns usually in the form of elongated oval plates ornamented with fine work chiefly in the shape of rosettes and spirals.

  5. A large number of necklaces have evidently been produced simply for sepulchral purposes, for they are composed, like the majority of crowns, of the thinnest bracteate gold in the shape of rosettes and studs strung together.

  6. Silver-gilt decorations of the mitre: comprising two quatrefoils set with turquoises, two rosettes set with pastes, and hinged bands of brasse-taille enamel set with pearls and crystals.

  7. They are composed of a broad band adorned with filigree (probably in keeping with some ancient Oriental tradition) arranged in bosses and rosettes and enriched with light blue, light green, and other enamel.

  8. They are of open-work floral and scroll designs, and are mounted with small rosettes set with rose diamonds--silver rosettes being applied to gold ornaments, gold to silver ones.

  9. From this are suspended numerous smaller chains, masked at the top by small rosettes and hung below with vases, spindle-shaped pieces, or a rhythmical combination of other ornaments covered with fine filigree.

  10. The other fragments include two rosettes of beautifully executed Gothic foliation set with white crystals, together with two quatrefoils in silver gilt and a cruciform gold ornament set with turquoises.

  11. Upon its opposite edges were fixed two ornamental rosettes or lozenges, connected by cords terminating in tassels, or by a band across the breast.

  12. Such standards are preferably of brass, threaded and fitted with nuts and rosettes at both ends.

  13. The rosettes cover the nuts and add a finished appearance.

  14. At this stage they have a very humble, weak, and innocent appearance: they are quite small rosettes or tufts.

  15. On any ordinary roadside in the country one is sure to find the rosettes of the common Dandelion and of the Rats-tail Plantain (Plantago major).

  16. Every one who has been on peat-mosses and moors probably knows its little reddish rosettes of small rounded or spoon-shaped leaves lying on bare peat or wet mossy ground.

  17. Its rosettes float on the surface, and are very interesting to examine.

  18. From these rose a bunch of asparagus ferns, and stuck amid the ferns, like big roses, were a dozen rosettes of taffeta ribbon of six different shades of red and pink.

  19. At the close of the luncheon each girl took one of the rosettes and found in it a tiny silver pin in the shape of a racquet to pin upon her gown.

  20. The forehead band should never be too tight for the horse's comfort, and the small rosettes that lie over his temples should be well oiled underneath and kept soft.

  21. The =bridle= should be neatly and plainly made, with no large rosettes at the sides, nor highly colored bands across the forehead.

  22. The rosettes on the body are very large, open and rather angular, with a central spot or two in each, and a central chain of black dashes extends along the spine.

  23. Three concentrically recessed rosettes are set above each of the calottes, and there is a like motive in the apex of the calotte.

  24. When we reached the town-house we found the doorway decorated with flowers,--stars and rosettes made of palm.

  25. In the late morning the boys brought in great loads of poinsettia, from which they fashioned brilliant rosettes and garlands for the church.

  26. In the pattern there are 42 rosettes round the bosom, and 14 round each sleeve.

  27. Separate rosettes like the pattern may be joined together with smaller ones, and form a very pretty couvrette.

  28. Wheels or rosettes are used to fill up circles, or in combination to form lace.

  29. It consists of eight-branched rosettes joined together with small circles.

  30. Different Strips of Insertion, Rosettes and Lace, in Guipure d'Art.

  31. The rosettes are joined together with fine cotton.

  32. Both strips of rosettes join at that place, and one is continued for the part round the bosom and the other for the sleeve.

  33. The circular and serpentine patterns consist of 3 rows of button-hole stitch; the patterns which imitate whole rosettes and half rosettes are worked in rows of button-hole stitch.

  34. The completed border is sewn on to the rosettes from illustration; the different pieces must be first fastened on cardboard.

  35. Make first the two rosettes which form the centre of the medallion, then the insertion-like part which edges the rosettes.

  36. The pattern is worked in English rosettes and bars (see No.

  37. When the rosette is completed, work eight rosettes in the same manner and join them into a circle from illustration by means of small three-branched patterns, and then join them on to the middle rosette.

  38. The space left between 4 rosettes is filled up with a star formed of chain stitches, marked in our illustration with an asterisk.

  39. Extending from the stomacher to the bottom of the mantle were rosettes and other ornaments of diamonds, sapphires and emeralds, forming a broad band down the mantle.

  40. At the top and bottom of each register a row of the ubiquitous rosettes are introduced as a decorative accessory, and the nails which fastened the metal bands to the woodwork transfixed the rosettes.

  41. The ground is dark blue, the monotony of which is varied by the introduction of yellow stripes and the white rosettes already so familiar from the enamelled bricks of Khorsabad.

  42. Many valuable historical inscriptions were found, while the discovery of a wall-decoration consisting of a series of rosettes was another interesting result.

  43. The rosettes which form a supplemental decoration are white.

  44. The flat rosettes of leaves sometimes measure over a foot across, and are thickly sown with the bright golden flowers, large in proportion to the size of the plants.

  45. Alternate; fleshy; spatulate; six to ten lines long; sessile; crowded in rosettes at the ends of the decumbent branches.

  46. As soon as I had fastened the rosettes at the ears, I tried it on to see how it looked.

  47. She was watching Lettice arrange the double folds of her gray taffeta gown, so as to display a trifle the high scarlet heels of her morocco slippers, with their scarlet rosettes and small diamond buckles.

  48. Place found on some pieces of stucco elegant rosettes formed by the application and juxtaposition of very decided colours: white, yellow, green, red, and black.

  49. A band covered with rosettes is followed by a band adorned with bulls like those which decorate the cornice of the royal tombs; in the centre appears the winged emblem of Ahura-Mazda.

  50. Everything, including even the strap which holds the bit, and that passed under the nostrils, is relieved by rosettes and brilliant trimmings, and probably also by metal disks, perhaps of gold and silver.

  51. The bricks of brilliant colours, which are conspicuous from a distance, are ornamented with floral designs and rosettes in exquisite taste.

  52. Between two borders of white rosettes is a broad frieze containing winged genii and symbolical animals bearing the same attributes as the similar figures in the bas-reliefs (fig.

  53. We find among them lions’ heads, flowers and elegant rosettes on the bottom, on the border, or at the point at which the handles are attached.

  54. The Sundews are pretty plants, with rosettes of reddish leaves and minute white flowers.

  55. The bases are square and are decorated in clever die work with rosettes and festoons carried around the pyramidal base.

  56. There was always a dignity and grace in the decoration which was strongly classical in its lines, embodying medallions and rosettes and festoons of drapery.

  57. A departure from the circular top is shown in the lower example, of 1785 in date, with pierced and chased work of rosettes and festoons.

  58. Four rosettes on ground, and the usual foil ornaments incised.

  59. Faces and sides of box ornamented with raised rosettes and incised floral designs resembling that on Figs.

  60. The rosettes of agate, and the tags and pendants are also explained by this figure.

  61. Reticulated head-dress and rosettes of coral or agate, similar to that represented in Plate XXI, Fig.

  62. On the ground are two horses' heads below and two rosettes above.

  63. Raised rosettes and the usual leaf ornament on field incised.


  64. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rosettes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.