Shells and C-scrolls: Rococo's Signature

A set of Rococo curvilinear ornaments. The basic shapes are asymmetrical C-scrolls and S-scrolls, ending in a scallop shape or curling into delicate tendrils. They interlink to form a flowing border, encircling mirror frames, above doors, and around the panels of wainscoting. The material is white stucco or carved wood, with fine gold lines along the edges. Avoid: making the scrolls symmetrical, using geometrically regular repeating patterns, making the scrolls heavy and clumsy, using the same pattern twice on the same frame.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組洛可可的捲曲裝飾。基本的形狀是不對稱的 C 形與 S 形捲,末端展開成一個扇貝的形狀或捲成細小的卷鬚;它們互相串連成一道流動的邊飾,環繞在鏡框、門的上方與護牆板的格子四周。材質是白色的灰泥或木雕,邊緣貼著細金線。避免:讓捲飾左右對稱、使用幾何規則的重複紋樣、把捲飾做得厚重笨拙、在同一個框上使用相同的圖案兩次。