Sentence:  Thus a Frenchman, viewing the undraped statues which <WSD>bedizen</WSD> his native galleries of art, either enjoys them in a purely aesthetic fashion—which is seldom possible save when he is in liquor—or confesses frankly that he doesn't like them at all; whereas the visiting Americano is so powerfully shocked and fascinated by them that one finds him, the same evening, in places where no respectable man ought to go. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery.