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STRAPWORK — [Noun] A stylized decorative design resembling interlaced straps or bands, often used in ornamentation. From strap ("a narrow strip of material") + work ("artistic or decorative design"). Unlike "arabesque" (which flows like vines in a dream) or "filigree" (which trembles like frost on a windowpane), strapwork is the art of restraint given form: thick, deliberate bands that cross and recross like the laces of a corset, the ribs of a vaulted ceiling, or the deliberate, almost architectural scoring on the spine of an old leather-bound book. It is ornamentation that remembers its origins in utility—the ghost of a buckle, the echo of a belt pulled tight.