A decorative circular panel divided into four leaves, most often used in Gothic architecture.
An ornamental form which has four lobes or foils. It may resemble a four-petaled flower
Four-leaved. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414)
A figure having four leaves or petals.
Similar to a cinquefoil, but with four petals
Medallion with four rounded lobe sections. Reciprocal Motif: Pattern composed of a series of similar interpenetrating motifs in contrasting colors.
An architectural ornament made up of four arcs or foils. Resembling a stylized four-leaf clover, the quatrefoil was especially favored by Medieval Italian blacksmiths. TO TOP
A decorative form characterized by four lobes.
Four symmetrical (or circular) leaf shapes inscribed within a circle. (Also trefoil – three shapes; and multi-foil).
Four-lobed motif; usually in block shape
a four-lobed design used as (1) the central element of a millefiori cane; (2) a faceting scheme f or the exterior ornamentation of some paperweights; (3) a garland pattern.
A type of Gothic tracery, made of four lobes.
A four cusped circular element in Gothic tracery.
A panellike ornament consisting of 4 lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center, often seen in ecclesiastical architecture.
A pattern of four lobes and four cusps set in a circle (see cinquefoil).
decorative form with four leaves or petals.
Decorative element having four lobes.
A common design element consisting of four symmetric lobes around a center.
Window tracery shaped like a four petalled flower
An architectural ornament having four lobes or foils.
Gothic decoration consisting of a conventionalized four-leaf clover enclosed in a circle.
An ornamental figure, which is divided into four foils, leaves or lobes.
Exterior building decoration made of a flower with four petals or a leaf with four leaflets. Alternately, a circular design made of four converging arcs.
The word quatrefoil etymologically means "four leaves", and applies to general four-lobed shapes in various contexts.