Guilloche

Guilloché

... Guilloché (or Guilloche) is a decorative engraving technique in which a very precise intricate repetitive pattern or design is mechanically engraved into an underlying ... A guilloche is a repetitive architectural pattern used in classical Greece and Rome, and neo-classical architecture as well as medieval Cosmatesque stone ... Guilloche is a back-formation from guilloché, so called because the architectural motif resembles the designs produced by Guilloche techniques ...