Glass cupboards hold hundreds of knickknacks and boxes, decorative figures and china of the period.

The virtual powerlessness of his office under Salazar made him little more than a decorative figure at inaugurations and festivities.

She has a very particular style and she dedicates to mold in clay decorative and representative figures of her country.

He said that in some countries the president was no more than a decorative figure.

In a parliamentary republic the President is no more than a decorative figure.

Artistically gifted from an early age, she painted decorative figures and faces throughout Orchard House, the family home.

The side walls of the tower were broken on either side with narrow longitudinal windows with decorative figures at the corners.

The music picks up again quietly in E minor on the piano, as the viola plays a decorative rhythmic figure.

These decorative figures, five to eight inches high, were among the specialties that Sèvres produced.

There were eight decorative figures of British rulers on it, but four were stolen in 1960 and four in 1971.