wha do you call the swirly design...

[pete00]

howdy

having another senior moment, actually my moments are turning into events now.....

Going to try and make the table scrollcliff posted a while back.
So i went out to look for a pattern for the sides.

Went to google and and couldnt remember what its called.
So i typed in " looking for the swirly pattern on the side of the table"......duh


So what is this called.......sigh...

thanks.....what's my name

[William Young (SE BC)]

Do you mean Fretwork ? ? ?
Or possibly fretwork skirting on the side of a table ?
W.Y.

[pete00]

well i thought there was a word for the whole thing. Ive seen similar designs hanging on walls with letters in them.

Flur de lours,<- (french spoken with new england accent) or something like that.

Of course i may be thinking of something else.

thanks.....pete

[PuzzledMoose]

It's "fleur-de-lis", Pete.

And I can spell it better than I can pronounce it in my OLD English accent ..lol

Ian

[PuzzledMoose]

.. and i just realised i had no idea what it meant other than flower of something or other ...

So courtesy of Wikipedia: "The fleur-de-lis (or fleur-de-lys; plural: fleurs-de-lis) is a stylised design of an iris flower which is used both decoratively and symbolically. It may be purely ornamental or it may be "at one and the same time political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic and symbolic",[1] especially in heraldry. While it has appeared on countless European coats of arms and flags over the centuries, the fleur-de-lis is particularly associated with the French monarchy. It is an enduring symbol of France, but was not adopted officially by any of the French republics.

It appears on military insignia and the logos of many different organisations, and during the 20th century it was adopted by various Scouting organisations worldwide for their badges. Architects and designers may use it alone or as a repeated motif in a wide range of contexts, from ironwork to bookbinding. As a religious symbol it may represent the Holy Trinity, or be an iconographic attribute of the archangel Gabriel, notably in representations of the Annunciation.[2] It is also associated with the Virgin Mary."

Ian

[Gill]

I'm not certain, but I think it may be called gingerbread!

Gill

[PuzzledMoose]

I'm not certain, but I think it may be called gingerbread!

Gill

The general term for the fancy fretwork on Victorian Houses here in Canada
(and I assume in the US) is certainly Gingerbread. Is the term used in England, Gill? I'd never heard it there..

I'd first heard of it till a couple of years ago when Sue, my Canadian partner, mentioned it - and I hadn't a clue what she was talking about.. but then that occasionally happens .. lol Still trying to learn Canadian here ..

Ian

[CanadianScroller]

There are so many words to describe that but some that have not been mentioned are

Flourish
Filigree
Piercings....although when you Google that your eyes get opened!
Inscised
Lacework, although that is more like metal castings

I found a nice Lacework Link

I don't think Scroll work was mentioned either.

[JimSawyer]

I know this is an old thread but I think the term you're looking for is 'acanthus scroll'.