honeysuckle ornament

American  

noun

1. anthemion.

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honeysuckle ornament British  

noun

1. arts another term for anthemion

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Etymology

Origin of honeysuckle ornament

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The design consists of a beautiful arrangement of the Greek honeysuckle ornament; the parts being well defined, and the raffles of the leaves brought out in a most extraordinary manner.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829 by Various

One of them, of purple woollen material, from a tomb assigned to the 4th century B.C., is embroidered in wools of different colours with a man on horseback, honeysuckle ornament and tendrils.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Why should we, in designing a capital or cornice, still cling to the classic acanthus or honeysuckle ornament, or even the English ivy, when we have such a fund of our own?

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

Though generally known as the honeysuckle ornament, from its resemblance to that flower, its origin will be found in the flower of the acanthus plant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Hence part of the pleasure we have in the Greek honeysuckle ornament, and such others.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John