The stelae crowned with the palmette and acanthus acroteria are described below, Nos.
On the west side the chair of the figure on the right was painted with palmette ornament.
The pediment is surmounted by an acroterion, consisting of a palmette between two large volutes, which are for the most part restorations.
Fragment of a plain stele, surmounted by an acroterion, in the form of a palmette in low relief, springing from acanthus leaves.
The treatment of the palmette closely resembles that of the antefixal ornament of the Parthenon (No.
Plain stele of Hippocrates and Baukis; surmounted by an acroterion in low relief, of palmette form.
Top of stele, with central palmette and two half palmettes, springing from acanthus leaves.
Roof tile, with antefixal end, with a palmette in relief above two volutes springing from an acanthus.
Above, an acroterion, formed of acanthus leaves andpalmette combined (fig.
On the east side there was also a palmette pattern on the side of the throne.
Fragment of an acroterion of a stele in form of a palmette springing from acanthus leaves.
This framed palmette is first found in the Fikellura or Samian ware.
The palmette under the handle returns to the old erect unframed type, and increases enormously in size, so that one or at most two vertically opposed suffice to fill the space.
The palmette or honeysuckle ornament is not usually found as an independent ornament before the middle of the sixth century.
Subsequently the palmette gains the upper hand, as on the necks of the red amphorae (see Fig.
Towards the end of the sixth century, however, there is a tendency to drop these composite ornaments, and attention is devoted to the palmette alone.
The number of leaves or petals of which the palmetteis composed is usually limited to seven.
The lotus is not to be found in this embroidery; its place is taken by the palmette or tuft of leaves (Fig.
In some cases the rosette and the palmette are introduced in a single picture (142).
Their leading ornamental types may be traced to Asiatic prototypes--the palmette and the rosette, for instance.
We find in the historical forms of decorative art constantly recurring types of form and line, such as the lotus of the Egyptians, the anthemia of the Greeks, the pineapple-like flower and palmette of the Persians, the peony of the Chinese.
The same with the Indian and Persian palmette type.
The palmettepatterns under the handles are usually very luxuriant.
On the necks of the amphorae heraldic groups of panthers or other animals confronted are sometimes seen, varied by palmette and lotos patterns.
In most cases, however, the luxuriant palmette patterns under the handles form an adequate frame for the design with the maeander band below.
On the exterior is usually a broad frieze, divided by bands of ornament into four or five fields, in which are birds or palmette patterns; these panels are not necessarily arranged with reference to the position of the handles.
With the eyes occupying so much space, it is rare at first to find anything like a composition on the exterior; but gradually the eyes disappear, the palmette ornaments (see p.
The main design runs in a broad frieze round the body, broken at the back by a palmette pattern under the handle, on either side of which are usually grouped two similar or opposed figures, distinct from the principal subject.
On the large bell-shaped kraters the decoration almost invariably consists of a laurel-wreath round the lip, maeander below the designs, and palmette patterns under the handles; and every shape of vase has its characteristic decoration.
Instead of the palmette is sometimes a crescent, no doubt in allusion to the moon.
The standard form of handle consists of a ring for the forefinger and above it a kind of palmette for the thumb.
Whereas in the former the animals are one of the most prominent features, in the latter they are subordinate to the rich assemblage of floral and palmette forms, that occupy not only the field but also the border.
Page 192) frequently seen in the central stripe represents a largepalmette or rosette partly surrounded by leaves, suggestive of the Herati design, and connected by tendrils with more delicate flowers or leaves.
With sharply marked outlines thispalmette is a characteristic of the Djushaghan rugs.
This form of the palmette has an oblong central nucleus, surrounded by wreaths of leaves.
In some old Persian rugs this form of the palmette with its diagonal projections is seen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "palmette" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
