palmette

[ pal-met ]

noun

1. a conventionalized shape in the form of palmately spread leaves or sections, used as ornamentation. Compare anthemion, lotus ( def 5 ).

palmette

/ pælˈmɛt /

noun

1. archaeol an ornament or design resembling the palm leaf

Word History and Origins

Origin of palmette¹

From French, dating back to 1835–45; palm ², -ette

Word History and Origins

Origin of palmette¹

C19: from French: a little palm ²

Example Sentences

“I was totally taken aback,” he says of the lavish living room scene, which featured matching linen curtains, wallpaper and the brand’s popular ’40s-style armless Tuileries sofa, all patterned with the lattice-like botanical swirls of Lotus Palmette, a Soane print inspired by a 16th-century Safavid silk velvet panel.

From New York Times

The Palladio Awards, given for excellence in traditional building, claim the palmette for a symbol.

From New York Times

Palmette, pal′met, n. an ornament, somewhat like a palm-leaf, cut or painted on mouldings, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

These examples are double guilloches, with two rows of circles, each with an independent interlacing band and united by a small arc with palmette inside; in both the single and double guilloches of Greek work there is a flower in the centre of the circles.

From Project Gutenberg

It has an incised maeander, as in No. 29, 7, and a palmette ornament painted in red.

From Project Gutenberg