applications because of an increased rigidity of the base member 60 by comparison with the base member 16 and by the possibility of using different fasteners on the bottom layer 64 to fasten the resulting bow 59 in a desired location for example a bow 59 of such construction might be more suitable than the bow 10 for outdoors use as shown in fig7 it is also possible to mount a lamp such as an electric lamp 70 in the center of a bow according to the present invention instead of the center loop 14 use of such an electric lamp 70 is particularly effective when particular portions of the loop members 12 are of transparent or translucent construction as will be appreciated in view of fig8 the base member 60 may be of a circular plan rather than the pentagonal plan of the base member 16 it will be appreciated however that if the base member extends too far beyond the location of the outermost ring of slits the base member may be visible between the outermost loop members 12 and detract somewhat from the appearance of the completed bow according to the present invention referring now to fig9 12 a decorative bow 59 39 is shown which is another embodiment of the present invention as shown particularly in fig9 and 10 a loop member 12 39 includes a layer of transparent material such as a 0 003 inch thick sheet 80 of an acetate mylar clear plastic material and a smaller rectangular piece of woven fabric 82 such as an acetate satin ribbon material the woven fabric 82 may be attached to the sheet 80.