volute
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Her basic eyeliner became an ornate volute, a swath of clown makeup, a cat mask.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2011
In the centre of the volute is a stud of marble separately made.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
The curious Dalmatian square-leaf enrichment, channelled in six radiating stri�, and terminating in a small volute at the top corner occurs here.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
Recurring Line and Form The everlastingly recurring egg and dart moulding and the volute are instances of the harmonious effect of very simple arrangements of recurring line and form.
From Line and Form (1900) by Crane, Walter
On their heads they wore high mitres, also of crimson velvet, curving backward in a volute, and encircled at the base with a coronet of tinsel spear-heads.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
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