To postpone the moment when he would have to look at Cho, he stared up at the ceiling as though examining the paintwork and received a handful of confetti in the face from their hovering cherub.
" Look, she's decorated it for Valentine's Day! " said Cho, indicating a number of golden cherubs that were hovering over each of the small, circular tables, occasionally throwing pink confetti over the occupants.
And we see that In the details throughout the staircase, the cherub statues, the scrolling stair rail, and the beautiful ornate design of it, and then very subtle but yet thoughtful floor design.
So interestingly, they're called seraphs, I believe, and I could be wrong, because seraphs and cherubim were often used to the angels and illuminations were used to decorate words and old medieval manuscripts.
Anyway, the point is that after the Renaissance cherubs didn't seem out of place, and neither did cuter pictures of baby Jesus as the Renaissance spread through Europe.