Represents special achievement, distinction, success, triumph of worldly accomplishment, and heroism.

Bay: A stylized laurel leaf used in the form of a garland to decorate molding

The Greek name of laurel - Daphne - salutes the nymph who, on being pursued by Apollo, asked the other gods to help....

Alternate name in architecture: key pattern or meander Alternate name in furniture: Chinese key

A repeating ornamental design of interlaced vertical and horizontal lines, such as the Greek key pattern, in T, L, or square-cornered G shapes

Old French: "fret" = grating

Some historians feel that...

Also called honeysuckle ornament.

Floral design, used esp in ancient Greek and Roman architecture and decoration, usually consisting of honeysuckle, lotus, or palmette leaf between two volutes. Used singly on antefixes (ornamental blocks concealing tile-ends at the edges of a roof), or as a run...

Architecture

A common plant of the Mediterranean, whose stylized leaves form the characteristic decoration on Corinthian and Composite capitals; also appears on acanthus capitals, friezes, panels, and modillions

Leaf borders and scroll motifs were used extensively in the art and architecture of...