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Definition of Guilloches
1. guilloche [n] - See also: guilloche
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guilloches
Literary usage of Guilloches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"These examples are double guilloches, with two rows of circles, each with an
independent ... in both the single and double guilloches of Greek work there is ..."
2. The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in the by Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Henry Watson Kent, Florence Nightingale Levy (1909)
"1. H. 27 ; L. 48 ; D. lg%. Lent by Dr. Irving P. Lyon. XQ CHEST. Front in three
panels carved with leaf and flower forms; carved guilloches on upper rail; ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"guilloches are single, double or triple; they consist of a series of circles
equidistant ... These examples are double guilloches, with two rows of circles, ..."
4. The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in the by Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Henry Watson Kent, Florence Nightingale Levy (1909)
"1. H.27; L. 48 ; D. 1g%. Lent by Dr. Irving P. Lyon. CHEST. Front in three panels
carved with leaf and flower forms; carved guilloches on upper rail; ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... decorate with intersecting curved lines : see guilloche, v.} To form guilloches
on; decorate with guilloches. ..."
6. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1817)
"Its design was a square compartment, containing four stars of eight, points each,
formed by two interlaced squares composed of guilloches differently ..."
7. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yale University (1911)
"guilloches. These are confined to the outer more easily visible surfaces, as in
nature. The joints and muscles of the legs are worked out in a somewhat ..."
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