Rosette (design)

The rosette design is used extensively in sculptural objects from antiquity, appearing in Mesopotamia, and in funeral steles' decoration in Ancient Greece.

One of the earliest appearances of the rosette in ancient art is in early fourth millennium BC Egypt.

[3] The formalised flower motif is often carved in stone or wood to create decorative ornaments for architecture and furniture, and in metalworking, jewelry design and the applied arts to form a decorative border or at the intersection of two materials.

They also appear in modern, civilian clothes,[4] and are often worn prominently in political[5] or sporting[6] events.

Rosettes sometimes decorate musical instruments, such as around the perimeter of sound holes of guitars.