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Definition of Guilloche

Guilloche
Guilloche Guil`loche", n. In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved lines.
Guilloche
Guilloche Guil"loche`, n. [F. guillochis; -- said to be fr. Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.] (Arch.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.

Meaning of Guilloche from wikipedia

- Guilloché (French: [ɡijɔʃe]), or guilloche (/ɡɪˈloʊʃ/), is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically...
- the study of ancient mosaics, the Solomon's knot is often known as a "guilloche knot" or "duplex knot", while a Solomon's knot in the center of a decorative...
- metal surface finish pattern. Traditionally, engine turning referred to Guilloché engraving. In the 20th century, it also came to refer to the different...
- used in printing bank notes and postage stamps. It is sometimes called a guilloché lathe. It was developed early in the nineteenth century when efforts were...
- alexandrinum to the typical large designs, especially for floors, using white guilloche patterns filled in with roundels and bands in coloured designs using small...
- feature only hard-to-imitate integrated photographs, security holograms, guillochés, or a magnetic strip on which few bytes of personal data could be stored...
- pattern, e.g., the value numeral like in the SFR 20 (eighth series). A guilloché is an ornamental pattern formed of two or more curved bands that interlace...
- Tatiana Fabergé Fauxbergé Egg decorating Egg decorating in Slavic culture Guilloché Argyle Library Egg the 50 delivered Imperial eggs, the Karelian Birch...
- the style: a torch crossed with a sheath with arrows, imbricated disks, guilloché, double bow-knots, smoking braziers, linear repetitions of small motifs...
- "rose" patterns. The decoration produced by a rose engine lathe is called guilloche. It sometimes confused with "jewel finishes" or engine turning, a much...