Cartouche (English spelling)

Japanese: カルトゥーシュ(英語表記)cartouche
Cartouche (English spelling)
A decorative design in arts and architecture in which one or both ends of cardboard are rolled in. In architecture, it is used for decorative frames that bear coats of arms or letters, and also for designs that are surrounded by some kind of irregular frame. It was popular in the interior decoration of Baroque buildings in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Japanese:
工芸・建築用語。厚紙の一端あるいは両端が巻込まれているような装飾デザイン。建築では紋章や文字を記す装飾額に使われ,さらには周囲をなんらかの不規則な枠で縁どったデザインもこの名で呼ばれ,16~17世紀バロック建築の室内装飾に好んで用いられた。

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