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.
Meanders and key patterns are today closely associated with Greek art and architecture. In the formalized Orders of architecture the meander motif was assigned to flat vertical surfaces.
key pattern
trefoil
Not that all architectural ornament is to be neglected even in the rudest periods; but let our houses first be lined with beauty, where they come in contact with our lives, like the tenement of the shellfish, ...
In tracery in the Gothic style, a cusp or curved projection which has a v-shaped opening set within the apex. Also called a split cusp.Key pattern ...
 See also: Greek, Architecture, Key, Ornament, Fret
  
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