A festoon (from French ''feston'', Italian ''festone'', from a

Late Latin Late Latin is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.Roberts (1996), p. 537. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, and continuing into the 7th century in ...

''festo'', originally a festal garland, Latin ''festum'', feast) is a

wreath A wreath () is an assortment of flowers, leaves, fruits, twigs, or various materials that is constructed to form a ring shape. In English-speaking countries, wreaths are used typically as household ornaments, most commonly as an Advent and C ...

garland A garland is a decorative braid, knot or wreath of flowers, leaves, or other material. Garlands can be worn on the head or around the neck, hung on an inanimate object, or laid in a place of cultural or religious importance. In contemporary times ...

hanging from two points, and in architecture typically a carved ornament depicting conventional arrangement of

flower Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...

foliage A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, f ...

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...

bound together and suspended by

ribbon A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying. Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk, cotton, and jute and of synthetic mate ...

s. The motif is sometimes known as a swag when depicting fabric or

linen Linen () is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong and absorbent, and it dries faster than cotton. Because of these properties, linen is comfortable to wear in hot weather and is valued for use in garments. Lin ...

.Sturgis, pp. 22-23 In modern English the verb forms, especially "festooned with", are often used very loosely or figuratively to mean having any type of fancy decoration or covering.

Origins and design

Its origin is probably due to the representation in stone of the garlands of natural flowers, etc., which were hung up over an entrance doorway on fête days, or suspended around an altar. The design was largely employed both by the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

s and Romans and formed the principal decoration of altars,

frieze In classical architecture, the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic order, Ionic or Corinthian order, Corinthian orders, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Patera (architecture), Paterae are also ...

s and panels. The ends of the ribbons are sometimes formed into bows or twisted curves; when in addition a group of foliage or flowers is suspended, it is called a drop or margent. The motif was later used in

Neoclassical architecture Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany. It became one of t ...

and decorative arts, especially

ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porce ...

and the work of silversmiths. Variations on the exact design are plentiful; for example, the ribbons can be suspended either from a decorated

knot A knot is an intentional complication in Rope, cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including List of hitch knots, hitches, List of bend knots, bends, List of loop knots, loop knots, ...

, or held in the mouths of

lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...

s, or suspended across the tops of bucrania as in the

Temple of Vesta The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin ''Glossary of ancient Roman religion#aedes, Aedes Vestae''; Italian language, Italian: ''Tempio di Vesta''), was an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the H ...

at Tivoli.

Gallery

Detail of the Hellenistic mosaic floor panel of an Alexandrine parakeet from Pergamon, 2nd century BC, Pergamon Museum (8407011235).jpg, Detail of an

mosaic floor,

Pergamon Museum The Pergamon Museum (; ) is a Kulturdenkmal , listed building on the Museum Island in the Mitte (locality), historic centre of Berlin, Germany. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of Emperor Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm II and accordi ...

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, Germany, unknown architect, 2nd century BC File:Delos Museum Relief Hermes Athene Apollon Artemis 01.jpg, Ancient Greek festoons with bucrania on a relief with

Hermes Hermes (; ) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widely considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quic ...

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretism, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarde ...

Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...

and

Artemis In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Artemis (; ) is the goddess of the hunting, hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, transitions, nature, vegetation, childbirth, Kourotrophos, care of children, and chastity. In later tim ...

, 125-100 BC, marble, Archaeological Museum of Delos,

Delos Delos (; ; ''Dêlos'', ''Dâlos''), is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. ...

, Greece Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale MET DP141474.jpg, Roman

trompe-l'œil ; ; ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a Two-dimensional space, two-dimensional surface. , which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving p ...

wall painting from a villa, with festoons and bucrania, 50-40 BC,

fresco Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...

, New York Roma, sarcofago con ghirlande, collez. borghese, 125-130 ca. 01.JPG, Highly decorated Roman sarcophagus with festoons, 125-130 AD, marble,

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

File:Herculaneum 97 (14896258706).jpg, Roman festoon, 70 BC, mosaic, Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite,

Herculaneum Herculaneum is an ancient Rome, ancient Roman town located in the modern-day ''comune'' of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Like the nearby city of ...

Archaeological Park,

Ercolano Ercolano () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples. The medieval town of Resina () was bui ...

, Italy File:Trois urnes cinéraires du IIe siècle.jpg, Festoons on Roman cremation urns, 2nd century AD, marble, Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne,

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, France File:Impératrice Ariane.JPG,

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

festoon at the top of a relief of Empress Ariadne, 500, ivory, National Bargello Museum,

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

, Italy file:Van-Kessel-Festons-masques-Fondation-Custodia.jpg, ''Festoon, masks and rosettes made of shells'', by Jan van Kessel the Elder, 17th century, color on copper, Fondation Custodia, Paris File:Jan Brueghel de Oude ^ Hendrik van Balen - Krans van vruchten rond een voorstelling met Cybele die geschenken ontvangt van personificaties van de vier jaargetijden - 233 - Mauritshuis.jpg, ''Garland of Flowers around an Allegory of Farming'', by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hendrick van Balen the Elder, 1615, oil on panel,

Mauritshuis The Mauritshuis (, ; ) is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van ...

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

, the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

Musée Carnavalet in Paris DSC06601 (51600026401).jpg,

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

festoons on the

boiserie Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity ...

of a room from the Hôtel Colbert de Villacerf, now in the

Musée Carnavalet The Musée Carnavalet () in Paris is dedicated to the History of Paris, history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, ...

, Paris, unknown architect, sculptor and painter, 1650 Château de Versailles, galerie des glaces 02.jpg, Baroque festoon with a mascaron in the

Hall of Mirrors The Hall of Mirrors () is a grand Baroque architecture, Baroque style gallery and one of the most emblematic rooms in the royal Palace of Versailles near Paris, France. The grandiose ensemble of the hall and its adjoining salons was intended to ...

of the

Palace of Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

, France, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1678-1684 Pair of swags MET DP281041.jpg,

Rococo Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpte ...

Louis XVI style Louis XVI style, also called ''Louis Seize'', is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration and art which developed in France during the 19-year reign of Louis XVI (1774–1792), just before the French Revolution. It saw the final phase of t ...

festoon ornament, 18th century, gilt bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art Cupid Seated on a Garland MET DP278833 (cropped).jpg, Louis XVI style

Cupid In classical mythology, Cupid ( , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor (Latin: ...

seated on a festoon made of flowers, 1770-1790, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art File:Table de Teschen (Louvre, OA 12547) top.jpg, Louis XVI style festoons on the Table de Teschen, by Johann Christian Neuber, 1775–1800, gilt bronze, semiprecious stones, porcelain, and wood, Louvre File:Vase (vase grec Duplessis rectifié), design attributed to Jean Claude Duplessis, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.jpg, Louis XVI style vase decorated with festoons, design attributed to Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, by the Sèvres porcelain factory, 1780, painted and gilded hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze,

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museumplein, Museum Square in the stadsdeel, borough of Amsterdam-Zuid, Amsterdam South, ...

, the

File:State Bed detail by Thomas Chippendale, 1773, carved and gilt wood, silk damask, State Bedroom - Harewood House - West Yorkshire, England - DSC01823.jpg, Neoclassical festoons on a bed, by

Thomas Chippendale Thomas Chippendale (June 1718 – 1779) was an English woodworker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled ''The Gen ...

, 1773, carved and gilt wood, Harewood House, Harewood,

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

File:Woven at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory, Paris, 1699 - present - Tapestry showing Don Quixote Guided by Folly, Setting Forth to be a Knight-Errant - Google Art Project.jpg, Louis XVI flower festoons on a tapestry showing

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

guided by folly, by the Gobelins Manufactory, 1780–1783, wool and silk, woven on a low-warp loom,

Philadelphia Museum of Art The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) is an List of art museums#North America, art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at ...

, US INVERARAY CASTLE CEILING DETAIL.JPG, Louis XVI style festoons on a ceiling in the State Dining Room,

Inveraray Castle Inveraray Castle (pronounced or ; Scottish Gaelic ''Caisteal Inbhir Aora'' ) is a country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland, on the shore of Loch Fyne, Scotland's longest sea loch. It is one of the earliest ex ...

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, the UK, by Girard and Guinand, 1784 Pair of Spindle Vases - OA 11090 - Louvre (05).jpg, Neoclassical festoon on a vase, by the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, 1814, hard-paste porcelain with platinum background and gilt bronze mounts, Louvre File:Père-Lachaise - Division 23 - Suchet 04.jpg, Neoclassical festoon in the Grave of Louis Gabriel Suchet, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, designed by Louis Visconti, sculpted by Pierre-Jean David and Jean-Baptiste-Louis Plantar, 1826 Ceilings of Room 644 of the Louvre Palace (27711621434).jpg, Neoclassical festoons with Egyptian Revival elements around them, on the ceiling of room 644 of the

Louvre Palace The Louvre Palace (, ), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxe ...

, unknown painter, 1840 File:Ceiling of the room 643 of the Louvre (28327916715).jpg, Neoclassical festoon on the ceiling of room 643 of the Louvre Palace, unknown painter, 1840 File:Ceiling of the room 642 of the Louvre (28224476972).jpg, Neoclassical festoon on the ceiling of room 642 of the Louvre Palace, unknown painter, 1840 Lyon 2e - Palais de la Bourse - Salle de la Corbeille - Plafond - Armoiries de Lyon (L).jpeg, Neoclassical festoons on a ceiling of the Palais de la Bourse,

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, France, designed by Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle and sculpted by Guillaume Bonnet, 1855–1862 File:Détail façade principale Palais Garnier Paris 6.jpg, Neoclassical festoon on the facade of the

Palais Garnier The (, Garnier Palace), also known as (, Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102. opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the ...

, Paris, designed by Charles Garnier, 1860–1875 File:Lyon 5e - Cimetière de Loyasse - Allée 12 - Tombe de la famille Pillet - Buste en bas-relief du docteur Antoine Pillet et guirlande.jpg, Neoclassical festoon on the Grave of the Pillet family, Loyasse Cemetery, Lyon, designed by Jean-Prosper Bissuel and sculpted by Pierre-Toussaint Bonnaire, probably 1869 File:13 Strada Arthur Verona, Bucharest (02).jpg, Neoclassical relief with putti and festoons on the Dimitrie Sturdza House ( Strada Arthur Verona no. 13–15),

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, unknown architect, 1883 File:Van Dyck peignant son premier tableau, ODUT1866.jpg, Festoon on a vase of

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of ...

painting his first painting, by Dalou Aimé-Jules and the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, 1888,

sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...

Petit Palais The (; ) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built for the Exposition Universelle (1900), 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (''Musée des beaux-arts ...

File:Vestiges Expo 1889, square Paul-Langevin, Paris 5e 1.jpg, Beaux Arts festoons on an architectural element of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, part of the 1889 Paris Exposition, now in the Square Paul-Langevin, Paris, by Jules-Paul Loebnitz, 1889 Jean Leclaire's statue, 2009-07-31 001.jpg, Beaux Arts oak leaf festoons on the Jean Leclaire Monument, Square des Épinettes, Paris, by Jean Camille Formigé, 1896 File:Pont Alexandre III Paris 05.jpg, Beaux Arts festoons of the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, designed by

Joseph Cassien-Bernard Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef (given name), Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mode ...

and Gaston Cousin, 1896–1900 File:50A Calea Dorobanților, Bucharest (08).jpg, Stylized

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

festoon on a ceiling of Calea Dorobanților no. 50A, Bucharest, unknown architect, 1900 File:Maison 1900 Résistance 20666 20667.jpg, Stylized Art Nouveau festoons on Place de la Résistance no. 8,

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

, unknown architect or ceramist, 1900 File:P1080322Oïkos 01.jpg,

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

festoons in the Villa Kerylos,

Beaulieu-sur-Mer Beaulieu-sur-Mer (; ; ; "Beautiful Place on the Sea"), commonly referred to simply as Beaulieu, is a seaside commune on the French Riviera between Nice and the Principality of Monaco. Located in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence- ...

, France, by Emmanuel Pontremoli, 1902–1908 File:Edificio calle Cirilo Amorós esquina Pizarro, Valencia 03.jpg, Art Nouveau festoons on the facade of the Ferrer Building,

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, by Vicente Ferrer Pérez, 1907-1908 23 Rue de la Paix, Paris (04).jpg, Beaux Arts mascaron with festoons on Rue de la Paix no. 23, Paris, unknown architect, 1908 File:47BIS Avenue Kléber, Paris (01).jpg, Beaux Arts festoons above the door of Avenue Kléber no. 47bis, Paris, unknown architect, 1908 File:14 Strada Vasile Conta, Bucharest (01).jpg, Beaux Arts gate with festoons of Strada Vasile Conta no. 14, Bucharest, unknown architect, 1910 15 Strada Arthur Verona, Bucharest (29).jpg, Neo-Louis XVI style festoons with a medallion above a door in Strada Arthur Verona no. 15, Bucharest, unknown architect, 1910 18 Calea Dorobanților, Bucharest (17).jpg, Beaux Arts swags of a cartouche on the Nicolae T. Filitti/Nae Filitis House (Calea Dorobanților no. 18), by Ernest Doneaud, 1910 File:Casa Comalat interior 16.jpg, Art Nouveau festoons on the walls and columns of a room in the Casa Comalat,

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, Spain, by Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, 1911 File:4 Strada Bocșa, Bucharest (10).jpg, Rococo Revival festoon on a stained-glass window in the orangery of the Ecaterina Procopie House (Strada Bocșa no. 4), Bucharest, unknown architect or painter, 1912 File:Paul Iribe, cassettiera, parigi 1919 ca.jpg, Stylized

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920 ...

festoons on a commode, by Paul Iribarne Garay, 1912, mahogany and tulip wood frame, slate top, green-tinted shagreen upholstery, ebony knobs, base and garlands, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris File:243 riverside drive manhattan detail.JPG, American reinterpretation of festoons inspired by

Pre-Columbian art Pre-Columbian art refers to the Visual arts of indigenous peoples of the Americas, visual arts of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, North America, North, Central America, Central, and South Americas from at least 13,000 BCE to the European con ...

on The Cliff Dwelling ( Riverside Drive no. 243), New York City, designed by Herman Lee Meader, 1914–1916 File:Vogue fashion plate day dresses June 1919.jpg, Art Deco festoon on a fashion plate from a summer '' Vogue'' magazine, 1919, ink on paper, multiple locations since multiple magazines were printed 44 Calea Călărașilor, Bucharest (12).jpg, Stylized Art Deco festoons in the

pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...

of the Mihai Zisman House ( Calea Călărașilor no. 44), Bucharest, by architect Soru, 1920 File:Tombe de la famille Vetter (Lyon Croix-Rousse).jpg, Highly stylized Art Deco festoons on the Grave of the Vetter Family, Cemetery of Croix-Rousse (new),

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ...

, France, designed by Michel Roux-Spitz, and sculpted by Marcel Renard and Raymond Delamarre, 1920 File:Belgique - Bruxelles - Banque Buurmans - 02.jpg, Art Deco wrought iron swags on the balcony of the Banque Buurmans ( Rue Royale no. 71),

, by G.J. Maugue, 1927

Citations

General and cited references

* * Attribution: *

External links

* {{Ornaments Architectural elements Ornaments (architecture)

Origins and design

Gallery

See also

Citations

General and cited references

Further reading

External links