English edit

Etymology edit

decoration +‎ -ist

Noun edit

decorationist (plural decorationists)

  1. One who creates or applies decoration.
    • 1981, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, as Patron of the Arts, page 49:
      The doors were carved by the village craftsmen who were fanciful decorationists.
    • 2003, Brenda Laurel, Design Research: Methods and Perspectives, page 16:
      Designers are variously seen as decorationists, elitists or servants of the consumerist machine.