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- Dictionaryopenwork/ˈəʊp(ə)nwəːk/
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- 1. ornamental work in cloth, metal, leather, or other material with regular patterns of openings and holes: "white openwork sandals"
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Artistic technique that produces decoration by creating holes or gaps through solid material
Openwork or open-work is a term in art history, architecture and related fields for any technique that produces decoration by creating holes, piercings, or gaps that go right through a solid material such as metal, wood, stone, pottery, cloth, leather, or ivory. Such techniques have been very widely used in a great number of cultures. Wikipedia