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

The throat underneath the volute is very massive, although all the edges are finished off with the utmost delicacy and sharp tooling.

From Antonio Stradivari by Petherick, Horace William

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

In the eye of this volute a rose is sculptured in relief.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

This volute is found all over Assyria and Chaldæa.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir