An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology / Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.

by John W. Mollett

Rose-window (sometimes called a Catherine wheel), Arch. A large circular window divided into compartments by curved mullions. The most beautiful examples are met with in churches of the Florid Gothic period. (Fig. [591].)

Rose-wood, Rhodes-wood, largely used in furniture as a favourite veneer, is a name applied to a large variety of trees, mostly imported from Brazil.

Rosemary, in Old England, was closely connected with wedding-feasts and with funerals.

“There’s rosemary: that’s for remembrance; pray you, love, remember: and there is pansies; that’s for thoughts.”

(Hamlet.)

“There’s Rosemarie; the Arabians justifie,

It comforteth the braine and memorie.”

(A Dialogue between Nature and the Phœnix,

by R. Chester, 1601.)

Rosetta-wood. A beautifully-veined East Indian wood, of a bright red orange colour.