friezes

noun

A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

1. That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
2. Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
3. A banner with a series of pictures.

   The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.