In architecture the frieze's the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in the Ionic or Corinthian order—decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave ('main beam') and's capped by the moldings of the cornice. In interiors, the frieze of a room's the section of wall above the picture rail and under the crown moldings or cornice. By extension, a frieze's a long stretch of pai… (More on Frieze)