plateresque

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The plateresque is young and modest, and seeks to please in this splendid monument by allying the innovating forms with the traditions of a school outgrown.

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  1. Resembling silverwork: noting a certain class of architectural enrichments. Ford.

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  1. from Spanish plateresco, from plata, silver: see plate.
 

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