designslinger - Word of the Week: cartouche


[cartouche (1928) La Salle Street Bridge /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

cartouche [kahr-TOOSH] n. an ornamental tablet, often slightly convex and decorated or inscribed, frequently framed with an elaborate scroll-like carving; found for example, in the Beaux-Arts style.
Posted by designslinger at 3/2/2011 3:51 AM
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