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Today, one eagle is missing, and half of the palmettes have detached – with some misshapen.
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
During the robbery, the crown was crushed and four of its palmettes were detached, the museum said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The accessory was discreetly designed to be versatile, as different stones can be swapped at the top of the diamond palmettes.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
Glass and metalwork, silk, velvet, and brocade, the palmette capital and the pointed arch were all developed in the eastern Mediterranean and its hinterlands and then copied and furthered in Venice and elsewhere.
—Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023
Louis Cartier took it all in and designs slowly shifted away from classical motifs and began to include patterns like these palmette finials.
—Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 11 May 2022
Based on an ancient Greek design dating to 1600-1200 BC, the Elena bracelet features a palmette motif that is likely to have originated in Egypt or West Asia.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
While the music racks of most high-style Victorian pianos were of elaborately carved and pierced wood, this one is fashioned of chased and engraved copper, brass and silver, with a delicate pierce-work surround of brass scrollwork and palmettes.
—Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 14 July 2017
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
During the robbery, the crown was crushed and four of its palmettes were detached, the museum said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The accessory was discreetly designed to be versatile, as different stones can be swapped at the top of the diamond palmettes.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
Glass and metalwork, silk, velvet, and brocade, the palmette capital and the pointed arch were all developed in the eastern Mediterranean and its hinterlands and then copied and furthered in Venice and elsewhere.
—Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023
Louis Cartier took it all in and designs slowly shifted away from classical motifs and began to include patterns like these palmette finials.
—Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 11 May 2022
Based on an ancient Greek design dating to 1600-1200 BC, the Elena bracelet features a palmette motif that is likely to have originated in Egypt or West Asia.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
While the music racks of most high-style Victorian pianos were of elaborately carved and pierced wood, this one is fashioned of chased and engraved copper, brass and silver, with a delicate pierce-work surround of brass scrollwork and palmettes.
—Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 14 July 2017
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“Palmette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palmette. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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