Liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• a liquid crystal cell having a first planar, non-rectangular shape, and including a main surface;
• a bonding agent;
• and
• a polarizing plate having a second planar, non-rectangular shape, and having an axis that is either an absorption axis or a slow axis, said second planar shape having a first side extending in a direction perpendicular to said axis, and a second side extending in a direction tilted from said axis, the polarizing plate including a first peripheral portion lying along said first side, a second peripheral portion lying along said second side, and a corner portion lying at a portion where said first peripheral portion and said second peripheral portion overlap each other, the polarizing plate being applied by said bonding agent onto said main surface so that said corner portion is not fixed onto said main surface, and the polarizing plate lying freely from said main surface at said corner portion.