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palmette|pælˈmɛt|
[a. F. palmette, in sense 1 palmetto, palm-leaf ornament, dim. of palme; in 2 dim. of L. palma, F. paume palm of the hand.]
1. Archæol. An ornament (in sculpture or painting) with narrow divisions or digitations, somewhat resembling a palm-leaf. Also transf. and attrib.
1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §320 (ed. 2) 373 A stele on a vase from Volci, on which the painter represents yellowish palmettes on a white ground. 1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 301 A peculiar floral ornament..the antefixal ornament, or palmette, appears at the handle. 1889J. Hirst in Archæol. Inst. Jrnl. No. 181. 28 The artist having wished thus to fill in every vacant space at his disposal with a leaf, a palmette, or a flower. 1908Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Aug. 260/2 From the tenth to the fourteenth century the palmette-motive disappears. 1931A. Esdaile Student's Man. Bibliogr. vi. 212 Two..London binders..produced about 1815 some really beautiful bindings decorated with classical palmette borders. 1931A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iii. 61 A fourth group of superior rugs, distinguished by pattern of palmette and now called Ispahan. 1975Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1973–4 17 A fragment of an Attic black-figure amphora decorated with a lotus and palmette pattern, languettes, and part of a battle scene.
2. Zool. An appendage of the head in certain gastropod molluscs.
1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 379/2 There is an internal prismatic appendage, which MM. Quoy and Gaimard call a palmette, because it is frequently digitated. Ibid. 380/1 The head is red-brown and striated, with a narrow green band at the base of the eyes and the palmettes. |