Palmettes and Acanthus Leaves: The Most Common Motifs

A set of classical plant motifs. The palmette is a fan-shaped arrangement of leaves, perfectly symmetrical left and right, repeated at regular intervals; the honeysuckle is a continuous wavy vine, with a symmetrical leaf growing at each bend. They are used in relief friezes, ceiling division bands, and furniture edgings, rendered as white low reliefs or fine gold line drawings. Avoid: making the leaves realistic and natural, using asymmetrical and freely growing plant forms, making the motif spacing irregular, using high-saturation colors.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組古典的植物紋樣。棕葉飾是一個扇形展開的葉片組合,左右完全對稱,以規則的間距重複排列;忍冬是連續的波浪形藤蔓,每一個彎折處長出一個對稱的葉片。它們用在浮雕飾帶、天花的分割帶與家具的邊飾上,是白色的低浮雕或細金線描繪。避免:讓葉片畫得寫實自然、使用不對稱與自由生長的植物形態、讓紋樣的間距不規則、使用高彩度的顏色。