†† Rosenbaum, Alvin. Usonia, Frank Lloyd Wright's Design for America. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press (National Trust for Historic Preservation), 1993.
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CURVILINEAR TRACERY: a form of window tracery, characteristic of the Decorated style, in which weaving lines of masonry form daggers and mouchettes above ogee arches.
One depiction shows one or more daggers thrust into the heart of mary
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Dec tracery makes much use of ogee or reversed curves, which were combined in the 14th century to produce reticulated and flowing tracery composed of trefoils, quatrefoils and dagger shapes.
 See also: House, Architecture, Classical, Frame, Moulding
  
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