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guilloche

[ UK /ɡˈɪlɒt‍ʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands

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  • In addition, the floor was paved with a nice mosaic "carpet" in black, white, purple, and orange, representing central guilloche motifs, bordered by bead-and-reels that were lined by chevrons. Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Urban Mansion Report 5
  • Speaking generally, the design is formed by nine octagon figures, three by three, surrounded and divided by a guilloche cable band; the interspaces of the octagons are filled by four smaller square patterns, and the outer octagon spaces by 12 triangles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
  • For example, Deacon John Moore is affiliated with the foliated vine group; Aaron Cook with the ogee molding group; and William Buell with the guilloche group.
  • A Bright Idea guilloche Caldwell says he's one of few artisans who know a special technique called guilloche, which scrapes reflective indentations into his metal pieces to create a radiating shine. Week in Words
  • The reused pithos is decorated in relief with a guilloche band and a register of cranes.
  • The birds are depicted using three different enameling processes and guilloche, a delicate method of engraving watch dials. Weird, Wild Watches
  • Its distinguishing features are the insertion between ovolo and spiral roll of a torus ornamented with a braided pattern, called a GUILLOCHE; the absence of the palmettes from the corners formed by the spiral roll; and the fact that the channel of the roll is double instead of single, which gives a more elaborate character to that member. A History of Greek Art
  • The sort of guilloche of interlacing circles was very generally used. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 05, May 1895 Two Florentine Pavements
  • They had at their disposal more than 140 colors of enamel and dozens of guilloche patterns.
  • Among the few in colour, a preliminary mock-up had a fabulous complex guilloche of intertwining threads, which formed a centre roundel. A Body In The Bath House
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