Festoon

The scallop (French " garland ") is an art in almost all forms of fine and applied art ornament common, especially in architecture and interior decoration. As Feston also a arcade -like border for decoration of textiles is called.

Characteristics, occurrence

This purely decorative element takes in the architecture, the wall and decorative painting, wallpaper- motif of furniture and goldsmith's work mostly in the form of a designed as a relief or painted in trompe- l'oeil style garland with one or more loose sagging arches, whose ends hang down. In general, this garland is based on two or more seemingly only supporting elements, in ancient times, for example, the skulls of lions, rams or bulls, in modern times to capitals. Less common are hanging festoons.

The forming the festoon garland is carried out in many motifs, after which band, flower, flowers, leaf and Früchtefestons can be distinguished. Popular leaf motifs are laurel, oak leaves and vines.

Festoons occur in the 4th century BC in Hellenistic architecture on. Widespread they are in Roman architecture and mural painting. As an embellishment on representative vases or grave painting this element is also used in modern times often. In the 18th and 19th centuries it belonged to the ornamental repertoire of representative interior design at all.

The word festoon himself falsely naturalized for the Umkränzung a round image, whose correct name is Garland ring.

Textiles

Except for the foregoing, spread of architectural elements and furniture form occurs on the scallop as arcade -like border for decoration of textiles such as table, bed and sleepwear, handkerchiefs, curtains, clothes etc.. It is in handgearbeite or mechanically -made trimmings that are executed in different techniques. For example, there are tatted, crocheted, knitted and embroidered in the Festo Festo stitch borders.