Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
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Guilloche
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Architecture

Decoration of interlaced bands, forming a pattern of circles or loops

A type of running ornament

Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire

Also found in Andean South American architecture


Furniture

A decorative motif (pattern) carved in low relief and consisting of two bands intertwined


Examples from Buffalo:

Other examples:


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