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Ornament > Pattern > Scrolling foliage

Preferred term

Scrolling foliage  

Definition

  • Pattern of scrolling stems and leaves, especially in classicizing decoration; scrolls with foliate forms; running patterns in which stems and leaves coil, spiral and branch out into further curves and spirals [AAT 94, alt.]

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Entry terms

  • Foliage, scrolling
  • FOLIATE SCROLLS
  • Leaf scrolls
  • Plant scrolls
  • Rinceaux
  • SCROLL, PATTERN
  • SCROLLS, FOLIATE
  • SCROLLWORK
  • SCROWLS
  • VIGNETTES, SCROLLS
  • Vine scrolls

Notation

  • 116594

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-VZ2HFXD2-3

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