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2. Scroll (art) - Wikipedia

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   Continuous scroll decoration has a very long history, and such patterns were an essential element of classical and medieval decoration. The use of scrolls in ornament goes back to at least the Bronze Age; geometric scroll ornament has been found in the Palace of Knossos at Minoan Crete dating to approximately 1800 BC, [8] perhaps drawing from even earlier Egyptian styles; there were also early ...

3. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, an ornament may be carved into stone or wood to resemble leaves from the Mediterranean species of the Acanthus genus of plants, which have deeply cut leaves with some similarity to those of the thistle and poppy. Both Acanthus mollis and the still more deeply cut Acanthus spinosus have been claimed as the main model, and ...

4. These DIY Christmas Ornaments Will Spruce Up Your Tree - AOL

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   Shelby Deering. August 5, 2024 at 2:15 PM. 75 DIY Christmas Ornaments to Spruce Up Your TreePersia Lou. "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links ...

5. Cartouche (design) - Wikipedia

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   The engraved trade card of the London clockmaker Percy Webster shows a vignette of the shop in a scrolling cartouche frame of Rococo design that is composed entirely of scrolling devices. History [ edit ]

6. Guilloché - Wikipedia

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   Guilloché. Guilloché (French: [ɡijɔʃe]), or guilloche (/ ɡɪˈloʊʃ /), is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name. Engine turning machines may include the rose engine lathe and also the ...

7. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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   Ornament (art) Rococo interior of the Wilhering Abbey (Wilhering, Austria), with a trompe-l'œil painted ceiling, surrounded by highly decorated stucco. In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in ...