Element sculpted with art in lintel (10)

I believe the answer is:

manteltree

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'lintel' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'element sculpted with art' is the wordplay.
'sculpted with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'element' anagrammed with 'art' makes 'MANTELTREE'.

'in' is the link.

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