festoon

festoon, sculptured or painted architectural or interior ornament consisting of a garland of leaves, flowers, or fruit, or some combination of these, held by ribbons or folds and draped at the ends. When a festoon hangs down from only one end, it is called a drop, but when it hangs from both ends it is termed a swag. The festoon reproduces the actual garland used on Greek and Roman festal altars and was much used as a decorative feature in Roman and Renaissance art. It was often represented as carried by putti, or infant figures.

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festoon

1. a decorative chain of flowers, ribbons, etc., suspended in loops; garland

2. a carved or painted representation of this, as in architecture, furniture, or pottery

3. Dentistry

a. the scalloped appearance of the gums where they meet the teeth

b. a design carved on the base material of a denture to simulate this

4. 

a. either of two Zerynthia species of white pierid butterfly of southern Europe, typically mottled red, yellow, and brown

b. an ochreous brown moth, Apoda avellana the unusual sluglike larvae of which feed on oak leaves