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Ornament > Pattern > Guilloche

Preferred term

Guilloche  

Definition

  • A pattern of interlaced curving bands, sometimes giving the effect of a braid, but most often in smooth curves forming circles; sometimes considered a type of fret or interlace [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Guilloches
  • Water pattern
  • Water-pattern

Notation

  • 118931

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WK1JQGZD-P

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