The balustrade was chest-high, delicate, and fantastically wrought, while along the rail were ranged at short intervals little figures of grotesque design and exquisite workmanship.

The walls were draped with hangings of a royal purple hue, broken only by grotesque designs in gold.

On the tombstones in the churchyard will be found many famous names and some grotesque designs.

Death and the Fly features unique graphics accompanied by a grotesque design and strange music.

Behind wooden fences the decomposing carcases of old automobiles lay in grotesque designs, like a modern battlefield.

They were, he said, of very grotesque and almost repulsive design, and had never to his knowledge been publicly worn; though my grandmother used to enjoy looking at them.

Then a sliding door had opened, and they had entered a small room, papered with a grotesque design.

On both sides were carvings and tapestries of grotesque design.

He was wearing a hood of woven sisal fiber, painted with grotesque designs, that completely covered his head and shoulders.