petal
Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments
Imbrication, petal-diaper, or scale-pattern ornament suggesting overlapping scale-like shapes. It represents roofing-tiles, as on the top of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens, and was often found in Roman work, e.g. sarcophagi. Petal-diaper patterns occur in roofing and tile-hanging. Photo from Pisa, Italy, 2018. (Curl & Wilson, 2016)