scrollwork

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They have curling scrollwork, and a large branch in the form of the letter C issuing from the straight bar near the head.

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  1. noun Embellishment with a scroll motif, especially ornamentation executed in wood with a scroll saw.

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  • I saw gilded pages and red leather embossed with ornate scrollwork, a magnificent book, one a collector such as myself would have lusted to own. —  FSF,April2008
  • The legs were ornately carved, and the scrollwork was amazing. —  Garwood, Julie - Mercy
  • Gone are all the old, outdated, confusing symbols and scrollwork which no one ever noticed anymore anyway. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 01 - July 1995
  • There were storybook houses with gingerbread and scrollwork, great stone castles, English Tudors, white brick Colonials with Grecian columns. —  Judith Stacy- Written in the Heart
  • I own one of his shots, a pretty picture of the old Dayton Daily News building's downtown Corinthian columns and terra-cotta scrollwork, shot in early evening pinkish light. —  middletownjournal.com - News
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/ˈskroʊlwərk/
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