guilloche
an ornamental pattern or border, as in architecture, consisting of paired ribbons or lines flowing in interlaced curves around a series of circular voids.
Origin of guilloche
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How to use guilloche in a sentence
The plinth and frieze are often of well-defined guilloche work, or are carved with arabesques or conventionalized flowers.
The herring bone, the checker, the guilloche, and the like are greatly the heritage of the textile art.
They include the meander, the scroll, the fret, and the guilloche.
Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia | William Henry HolmesNowhere else in British New Guinea do we find the continuous loop coil pattern, the guilloche, or loop coils.
Evolution in Art | Alfred C. HaddonThe sort of guilloche of interlacing circles was very generally used.
British Dictionary definitions for guilloche
/ (ɡɪˈlɒʃ) /
an ornamental band or border with a repeating pattern of two or more interwoven wavy lines, as in architecture
Origin of guilloche
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