Design Jargon * Fretwork
Posted on | November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
Fretwork (pronounced: fret-wurk) is an interlaced decorative design, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation, that is either carved in low relief on a solid background. Fretwork can also be used to describe ornamental, interlaced openwork, often geometric in design.
Fretwork patterns originally were ornamental designs used to decorate objects with a grid or a lattice. Designs have developed from the rectangular wave Greek fret to intricate intertwined patterns. A common misconception is that fretwork is fretwork because it was done with a fretsaw. Actually the pattern is a fretwork whether or not it was cut out with a fretsaw.
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November 11th, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
Very cool! I have an image saved with a door like this pattern, didn’t know the pattern had a real term! thanks.
November 11th, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
I’m always drawn to anything with designs like this but never knew what it was called! Nice to know.