a. [f. prec. after picturesque: see -ESQUE.] After the fanciful style of the ornamentation of the Alhambra.
1851. Illustr. Lond. News, 20 Sept., 364. Various styles [of tea-tray], from the simple and severe Etruscan to the brilliantly coloured mosaic and alhambresque.
1862. Timbs, Year Bk. Facts, 123. The ceiling is Alhambresque in style … and of the most delicate colours.
