Curlicue

A curlicue, or alternatively curly cue, in the visual arts, is a fancy twist, or curl, composed usually from a series of concentric circles. It is a recurring motif in architecture (as decoration to the lintel or architrave above a door), in calligraphy and in general scrollwork. The word can also refer to a specific kind of origami, made out of a single strip of paper that can be transformed in many geometric shapes.

Examples

• File:SLNSW 22793 Decorative iron gates made by Cyclone Gate and Fence Co for building at Kings Cross taken for Building Publishing Co.jpg
• File:Angoulême 16 Cathédrale penture entrée latérale sud 2013.jpg
• File:DETAIL SHOWING DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRON RAILING, EAST PORTICO SOUTH FRONT - Casa Frederico Font, 34 Calle Castillo, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR HABS PR,6-PONCE,6-7.tif
• File:RAKING VIEW OF WROUGHT-IRON RAILING - Dr. John Frissell House, 54 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV HABS WVA,35-WHEEL,32-4.tif
• File:2008-06-26 Wrought iron railing curls.jpg
• File:Wrought-iron-screen-Paddington-Railway-Station.jpg
• File:Penture.porte.eglise.Neuvy.Saint.Sepulcre.png
• File:Initial r Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
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See also

• Scrollwork
• Arabesque (European art)
• Swash (typography)
• Calligraphy, in which curlicues are a frequent adornment of lavish text
• Sinhala script, the script used to write the Sinhala language, composed almost entirely of curlicues

References

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