Design Jargon * Jacquard
(Velvet Jacquard by Anna French)
Jacquard fabric is a weave with a raised design or pattern woven into the fabric (as opposed to being printed on the fabric). Typical designs are intricate and complex. A loom outfitted with a "jacquard attachment" produces jacquards.
Design Jargon * Chinoiserie
Chinoiserie, is a French term used to describe the influences of Chinese art and culture in European artistic styles since the seventeenth century. Sometimes described as "Chinese-esque" it was largely introduced to Europe in the late 1600’s by the large scale arrival of imported goods and pictures from China.
[Image: Affordable Interiors]
Design Jargon * Vitruvian Scroll
Vitruvian Scroll – also known as a Vitruvian wave, resembles waves in water or a series of parchment scrolls viewed on end. "Vitruvian" refers to the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio ("Vitruvius") who authored the oldest existing book about architecture and its classical orders.
[Images: 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica]
Design Jargon * Meander
Meander – a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Such a design is also called the Greek Fret or Greek Key design, although these are modern words. The name "meander" recalls the twisting and turning path of the Maeander River.
[Image via M&J Trimming]
Tips: Hanging Artwork, Part I
How many of you are familiar with this scenario: You’re standing in front of your freshly hung print, gazing at it proudly only to realize that it’s hung too high (or too low)? So you pull out the nail, move it up or down an inch, and whack another hole in the wall. Hanging [...]
Design Jargon * Herringbone
Herringbone (pronounced HAIR-ing-bohn)
Used to describe a traditional type of pattern of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V, used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc. Once you are aware of it, herringbone can be found almost everywhere you look. The word can also be [...]
Tips: The Importance of Framing Art
…because empty frames, no matter how pretty, will only take you so far…
I couldn’t possibly go straight into a discussion on how to hang artwork without first explaining the importance of proper framing, could I? No, no… I couldn’t.
When I say “proper framing,” I’m not talking about a frame’s overall aesthetic. Instead, I’m talking [...]
Design Jargon * Fretwork
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 [...]
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