Fret
Alternate name in architecture: key pattern
Alternate name in furniture: Chinese key
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Fret - A geometrical ornament of horizontal and vertical straight lines repeated to form a band.
fret work/key/meander
Greek repeated rectangular pattern design only using straight lines throughout.
fretwork spandrels ...
fret A geometrical pattern of horizontal and vertical lines making a pattern band. Also called a "meander" or a "greek key"
frieze The middle portion of an entablature, or any decorated horizontal band.
Fret
A wall or cornice decoration of Classical origin that is formed by small fillets intersecting each other at right angles. Numerous varieties of this pattern are produced by cutting away the background leaving the rest as grating.
Fret / Greek Key
- ornamental patterns consisting of continuous bands of fillets interlocking at right angles in key shaped patterns. The fillets can be incised, in relief, or painted.
Sometimes referred to as "Greek Key".
a fret or key pattern originating in the Greek Geometric period.
Medium (pl. media)
(a) the material with which an artist works (e.g., watercolor on paper); (b) the liquid substance in which pigment is suspended, such as oil or water.
Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern, fret - an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" ...
In classical architecture and decoration, a band of geometrical ornament composed of straight and vertical lines. Also called Greek fret or Greek key.Keystone ...
a highly stylised fret-ornament in low relief, common in Moorish architecture, found in 16th and 17th-century work in England.
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FRIEZE
A decorative band usually placed along the top of a wall. Stencils cut from cow hides were used by workers to create repeated patterns such as this Greek key or stepped fret pattern.
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Key pattern
A geometric ornament consisting of horizontal and vertical straight lines repeated to form a band. Also called a fret.
 See also: Architecture, Ornament, Scroll, House, Classical
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