Frieze

In classical architecture, the frieze /friːz/ is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.

Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave ("main beam") and is capped by the moldings of the cornice.

[1][2] In interiors, the frieze of a room is the section of wall above the picture rail and under the crown moldings or cornice.

By extension, a frieze is a long stretch of painted, sculpted or even calligraphic decoration in such a position, normally above eye-level.

[3] More loosely, "frieze" is sometimes used for any continuous horizontal strip of decoration on a wall, containing figurative or ornamental motifs.