ornate design

Heavily decorated style

Ornate design features elaborate, intricate decoration—the kind of detailed embellishment found in Baroque architecture, Victorian furniture, or illuminated manuscripts.

The phrase often implies excessive ornamentation: The ornate design overwhelmed the small room.

In typography and graphic design, ornate design may suggest flourishes, filigree, or decorative borders.

Related

Baroque · Chinoiserie · Gothic Revival · tracery · Rococo · over the top · ornamentation · scrollwork · fine craftsmanship · wrought iron · floral patterns · hand painted · intricate details · gilding · gold leaf · cartouche · carved wood · floral motifs

Opposites
visual complexity and decoration

ornate designminimalist design

Aesthetic of essential elements only

minimalism · streamlined design · undecorated · plain · utilitarian design

aesthetic restraint

ornate designminimalism

Aesthetic of reduction

simplicity · Scandinavian design · Japanese minimalism · modernist design · austerity

Family

design, ornament, designate

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G