oval shape enclosing the hieroglyphs of royal names
Ornately framed oval or oblong tablet, bearing an inscription or design.
Usually an oval or oblong ornamental motif, often framing an armorial insignia or coat-of-arms, and often having a scrolled edge; on a mantel, generally in the center of the frieze
Decorative element made up of a central shield form surrounded by a border usually found in the lower center or corner of the frame. Cartouches are found in Manneristic and Baroque frames. An oval medallion that frames the pharaoh's name.
A design element in the rug which may contain a date, name or other written inscription.
A scroll-shaped ornament, often carved in stone on a building facade, and sometimes bearing an inscription.
a circular or oval frame used to enclose the name of an Egyptian king or member of the royal family
An ornamental panel, engraved or chased, usually asymmetrical and with a scroll edge, often enclosing a coat-of-arms, a crest or a monogram.
A scroll-edged panel. Picture
In architecture, usually a sculptured ornament in the form of a scroll unrolled, which often appears on cornices. The cartouche is frequently used as a field for inscriptions, and as an ornamental block in the cornices of house interiors. A conventionalized shield or oval. An ornate frame.
An elongated shen sign enclosing royal names, symbolic of the king's power encircling (shen) the world, and a protective emblem.
An oval which was drawn to contain the hieroglyphs that spelt out a king's or queen's name.
A scroll-like label that may contain the pewterer's name, place or city, Hard Metal, London, or other words. See Pewter Marks.
A cloudlike design that surrounds a woven signature, date or inscription in a rug.
An oblong containing hieroglyphs, indicating that the text enclosed is a name.
an Ancient Egyptian written Hieroglyph or 'sign' which has a specified phonation like any other Egyptian glyph
an elliptical outline representing a length of rope that encloses the names of royal persons in hieroglyphs
an elongated piece of jewelry in the shape of an oval
an oval ring that is a hieroglyph representation of a length of rope folded and tied at one end
an oval-shaped object that framed the inscribed hieroglyphs which spelled out the name of the Pharaoh
a recognized medium of heraldic display, having been used a various times for clerical estates and for women's armory
a scroll-work which was often used during the Renaissance as a frame around an emblem or a shield
a sign with a hieroglyphic name
a tablet or panel, generally convex with an ornate frame, bearing a coat of arms or an inscription
A conventionalized shield form used as an ornament.
Escutcheon-like round or oval field, sometimes blank, sometimes inscribed surrounded by an elaborate frame.
An ornamental figure which serves as a frame for an inscription or a decoration within a space which usually has a scroll-like, or an oval or lozenge shape, this figure having a form which is irregular or fantastic. A cartouche may be painted, sculpted, engraved, etc. Often specifies oblong figures enclosing Egyptian hieroglyphic names of gods and royalty. Also much used in the sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe to decorate walls and the title pages of books. Another sort of cartouche, a plaque attached to a work of art, its frame or base, and inscribed with the title, artist's name, etc., is often referred to by its Italian name, cartoccio.
oval frame (meant to indicate a tied rope) in which the birth and throne names of the king are written
A scroll or panel used on many globes and maps to give the title of the object and often the name of the maker.
A framed panel or tablet, often elaborately decorated, based on the shape of a scroll, developed in the Renaissance.
Ornamental panel; oval or scroll-shaped
Design element that contains a date or inscription.
Sign representing an oval loop of rope with the ends bound together, within which the birth and coronation names of the king are inscribed. The cartouche was also used for the names of the god Aten and the Divine Adoratrice in Late Period Thebes.
An ornate tablet or shield surrounded by scrollwork and foliage, often bearing an inscription, monogram or coat of arms.
Oval-shaped loop encircling a royal name.
in Renaissance ornament, a tablet imitating a scroll with ends rolled up, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription or arms.
A decorative frame with scroll-like ornaments. Details...
An oval shaped ornamental design element usually containing an inscription or date.
The title of the map and description of the subject matter, the cartographer and his rank, the patron or royal personage for whom the chart was prepared, and the date of either the voyage described or the publication of the map were all enclosed within a border. By tradition, the more important or elegant the map, the more elaborate the information and the scrollwork or decorative border around the information.
A plain uncut panel, usually on a watch or clock dial, usually left for engraving.
Decorative, framed space in which initials can be engraved
An area designed to contain an armorial. Usually a smooth section with a scrolled or decorative perimeter.
an elliptical symbol encircling the inscribed birth and coronation names of the king
A elaborately decorated framing element usually composed of c-scrolls and scrolling foliage. Frequently used in Renaissance and Rococo Revival wallpapers.
A blank area encircled by ornamentation that is reserved for engraving. Sometimes referred to as the reserve.
This term has two meanings. It can refer to a simple small sketch, or outline, drawn by an artist. It also refers to an ornamental design, often a scroll, which may be used to surround an inscription. The second type of cartouche might be carved or drawn.
A rounded convex surface, usually surrounded with carved ornamental scrollwork, for receiving a painted or low relief decoration, as an escutcheon.
a scroll-like tablet shape that encloses writing or a symbol
A panel or tablet in round or oval form, often used for an inscription or coat of arms.
An ornate shield or tablet, properly in the form of an unrolled scroll, and often surrounded by scrollwork or foliate decoration. They often bear an heraldic coat of arms, maker's name, or some other inscription.
ornamental panel or tablet, often elliptical, with convex field elaborately bordered.
An ornamental shield or decoration often placed above door openings or fireplace mantels.
An area surrounded by ornamentation and reserved for engraving, usually an area left "blank" in order to engrave a monogram.
Oval, occasionally rectangular decorative tablet. The term is most frequently used for the decorative surround to an armorial bearing.
An enclosed area in the field or border containing an inscription, name or date.
A decorated panel, often curvilinear in form, much like a frame.
The oval ring that bears a name of a pharaoh. It: paper.
A scroll-like ornament. Convex and rounded architectural decorative trim.
A carved ornament based upon an unrolled scroll, the central part of which is often used as a field for painting devices or inscriptions.
A circle with a horizontal bar at the bottom, elongated into an oval within which king's names are written It is believed to act as a protector of the kings name. The sign represents a loop of rope that is never ending.
This is kind of a stretched circle that had a person's name in hieroglyphs written inside of it. It made their name stand out from the rest of the hieroglyphs. Elongated version of the hieroglyphic sign W shen which means 'to encircle'. Shaped like an oval loop, the cartouche was a way of separating hieroglyphics from the rest of the words that were written. Hieroglyphics are written inside the oval, which showed that these symbols stood for a person's name.
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oblong enclosure with a vertical line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu. The Ancient Egyptian word for it was shenu, and it was essentially an expanded shen ring.
