Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A running ornament based on a continuous scroll which is usually elaborated with acanthus-leaves. It is a distinctly classic type, but has passed over into Byzantine and Gothic decoration.
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Examples
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Friezes and bands were commonly ornamented with the foliated scroll or _rinceau_ (a convenient French term for which we have no equivalent).
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
knitandpurl commented on the word rinceau
"Nor did he—the grandson, on his mother's side, of a top-sawyer artisan of the Folkstone Furniture Works—behold a palmette upon the headboard, or a rinceau carving gracing the footboard."
Under the Harrow by Mark Dunn, p 83
September 3, 2011