Definition

• Arabesque.  An ornamental style or device in imitation of Arabic art employing flower, leaf or fruit with angular and interlaced lines in repeated geometric forms. Often a typographical ornament in lettering on a medallic item.
  References:                                                                                                                               
  S5 {1974} Stafford and Ware, p 25.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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