Decoration

Decoration in Islamic medieval art : upper part of the mihrab (prayer niche) decorated with lusterware tiles and painted intertwined vegetal motifs in the Mosque of Uqba also known as the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia.

Decoration may refer to:

• Decorative arts
• the craft of a house painter and decorator
• An object or act intended to increase beauty of a person, room, etc.
• An object, such as a medal or an order, that is awarded to honor the recipient: see List of prizes, medals, and awards
  • civil awards and decorations
  • military awards and decorations
  • state decoration
• Cake decorating, the art of making a usually ordinary cake visually interesting
• USB decoration, a decorative device that uses the Universal Serial Bus connector
• Christmas decoration, decorations used at Christmas time
• In-glaze decoration, a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied before firing
• On-glaze decoration, a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied after glazing
• In-mould decoration, a method of decorating moulded plastics
• Interior design, the internal finishing of a building
• Name decoration, a technique used in most programming languages
• Window decoration, in computing are the window's visual elements drawn by a window manager
• Web decoration, conspicuous silk structure in the webs of some spiders

See also

• Decorator (disambiguation)