Sentences with phrase «of decorative purpose»

They would much rather use them for pillow fights than any sort of decorative purpose.

We do not use our foyer so the chair and books serve more of a decorative purpose than an actual function.

Not exact matches

True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production.

But as more of the peppers were grown, farmers started selling them as strings for decorative as well as culinary purposes.

say, the pricking of the cookies is really is just for decorative purposes.

And this past February Italian researchers reported that they had found evidence that 44,000 years ago Neandertals were harvesting wing feathers from a variety of birds at a site called Fumane Cave for decorative purposes.

Pumpkin sold for decorative use will most often be spherical in shape, but other shapes can be found and are sold for the purposes of cooking and eating.

Scallions and shallots are interchangeable in most recipes, unless you're using scallions for taste and decorative purposes by sprinkling thin slices over the top of a dish.

The drawing of the RITA statuette may not be used in generic fashion as a logo or decorative motif for any purpose in any publication not explicitly authorized by RWA.

But is the desirability of gold for decorative purposes not driven by social prestige derived from its extrinsic value?

Some of these items, like the gravity refillable water dishes and food bowls, serve a very useful purpose, others - the dog bandanna comes to mind - serve no real purpose and are merely decorative or just plain silly.

Some power - ups seemed to be decorative in nature, and there are coins in the game which also seem to serve no purpose no matter how many of them you collect.

A meeting of the practical and the decorative, a mundane task given a new expression and a fictional typology for an imagined purpose.

Welding deeply political statements, mythology, and black bodies into paintings, toile designs and found objects, she critiques the use of the black body, and the control of that body, for decorative purposes.

Painting now became a field of madly intense activity of the mind and eye that could happen in whatever format the painter is attracted to.Painting has existed for millenia, and has been practiced by innumerable cultures for religious or political or decorative purposes.

Spanning time periods and cultures, the box varies widely in scale and purpose — from a decorative piece that might fit in the palm of a hand, to a human dwelling designed to offer comfort and protection.

Much of the art of earlier cultures — signs and marks on pottery, textiles, and inscriptions and paintings on rock — used simple, geometric and linear forms which might have had a symbolic or decorative purpose.

Kushner's lawyer told artnet News via a statement from the White House that the works of art in the Kushner - Trump house are for decorative purposes only, not investments.

The simple form of the chair and the habitual gesture of the hands are juxtaposed against the capricious taste and decorative purpose of 18th - century design.

«Comprising her largest sculptural works to date, the installation consists of three follies — structures that were popular in eighteenth - and nineteenth - century architecture, built with decorative rather than functional purpose,» the release for the exhibition states.

Marking Feinstein's first public art exhibition in the U.S. and comprising her largest sculptural works to date, the installation consists of three follies structures that were popular in eighteenth - and nineteenth - century architecture, built with decorative rather than functional purpose.

So, since we discussed the use of paper for decorative purposes a previous Style Tips post, let's continue this topic by diving in to some photos that show where wallpaper can be -LSB-...]

Good coffee table books serve a number of purposes: they're decorative, informative, attractive and, above all, interesting; they give your guests something to flip through while you're out of the room; they often become a topic of conversation.

«Although they need to serve a purpose, I love the idea of adding extra decorative elements to make them feel more beautiful than functional,» she says.

When you like the details, finish and presence of a decorative piece but not in the context of its original purpose, repurpose.

The article is filled with lots of tips on creating a lush garden using containers, decorative details and re purposing and recycling using flea market finds.

I love the look of them but wondered whether they'd offer enough light to be useful or if they're really just for decorative purposes.