Curlicue
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A curlicue, or alternatively curlycue, in the visual arts, is a fancy twist, or curl, composed usually from a series of concentric circles. It is a recurring motif in architecture (as decoration to the lintel or architrave above a door), in calligraphy and in general scrollwork. The word can also refer to a specific kind of origami, made out of a single strip of paper that can be transformed in many geometric shapes.
Examples
File:SLNSW 22793 Decorative iron gates made by Cyclone Gate and Fence Co for building at Kings Cross taken for Building Publishing Co.jpg
File:Angoulême 16 Cathédrale penture entrée latérale sud 2013.jpg
File:DETAIL SHOWING DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRON RAILING, EAST PORTICO SOUTH FRONT - Casa Frederico Font, 34 Calle Castillo, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR HABS PR,6-PONCE,6-7.tif
File:Detail view of column capital, floor joists, and decorative cast-iron railing; looking SSW from stairs to second floor, E wing. (Ceronie) - Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. HAER ILL,81-ROCIL,3-66-15.tif
File:Gate and fence, Inch near Downpatrick (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1201910.jpg
File:RAKING VIEW OF WROUGHT-IRON RAILING - Dr. John Frissell House, 54 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV HABS WVA,35-WHEEL,32-4.tif
File:2008-06-26 Wrought iron railing curls.jpg
File:Wrought-iron-screen-Paddington-Railway-Station.jpg
File:Penture.porte.eglise.Neuvy.Saint.Sepulcre.png
File:Penture.porte.cathedrale.Schlestadt.png
File:Beringer Vineyards, Napa Valley, California, USA (7612834750).jpg
File:Initial r Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Initial s Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Initial t Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Initial x Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Bickham-A.png
File:Bickham-B.png
File:Bickham-C.png
See also
- Scrollwork
- Arabesque (European art)
- Swash (typography)
- Calligraphy, in which curlicues are a frequent adornment of lavish text
- Sinhala script, the script used to write the Sinhala language, composed almost entirely of curlicues