ornamentist

ornamentist, ornamentalist

1. an artist who specializes in ornamentation.
2. a person whose work is considered to be ornament rather than art.
See also: Art
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Most revealing in the exhibition of Dresser's skill as a designer and ornamentist are the works from his own hand--for example, his striking and beautifully rendered watercolours from the 'Metropolitan Album'.
Shock of the Old: an exhibition on the celebrated Victorian designer Christopher Dresser has just moved from the Cooper-Hewitt to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Martin Levy assesses its presentation of a man often claimed as a proto-modernist

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