Decorative Wallpaper Band Crossword

Decorative wallpaper band crossword clue. A big one crossword puzzle question in Daily Telegraph Sydney on Wednesday, 5 Jul 2017. 6 letters. Also appear in others NewsCorp newspaper: The Courier-Mail and Herald Sun.

Answer: FRIEZE

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave (‘main beam’) and is capped by the moldings of the cornice. A frieze can be found on many Greek and Roman buildings, the Parthenon Frieze being the most famous, and perhaps the most elaborate. This style is typical for the Persians.