Products tagged with 'wood scroll'

The scroll is the standard way of preserving a text in antiquity; among the Egyptians , the Greeks, the Romans, and elsewhere, rolls were the standard form of book. The papyrus roll was known four thousand years B.C.E. This pattern is part of a long tradition of 'scroll' design, defined by flowing plants that form incomplete spirals in symmetrical repeat patterns , invoking the sensation of constant flow. From Greek pottery to Roman architecture and the Islamic arabesque, scrolls are deeply embedded into our cultural history. A hanging scroll is one of the many traditional ways to display and exhibit Chinese painting and calligraphy. Hanging scrolls are generally intended to be displayed for short periods of time and are then rolled up to be tied and for storage. A scroll (from the Old French escroe or escroue), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. Scrollwork is a term for some forms of decoration dominated by spiralling scrolls, today used in popular language for two-dimensional decorative flourishes and arabesques of all kinds, especially those with circular or spiralling shapes. Scrollwork is a term for some forms of decoration dominated by spiralling scrolls, today used popular language for two-dimensional decorative flourishes and arabesques of all kinds, especially those with circular or spiralling shapes.