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"Geneva waves" in "arabesque" What's that and that?

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Everyone says the movement is decorated in Geneve waves. And on top of that or along with that or something, you get it in arabesque. Sounds...I don't know. Do you?
I know this is a decoration originally intended to catch dust particles so they should roll further.
What are the origins and meanings these terms?
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Yehoshua Yehoshua
Everyone says the movement is decorated in Geneve waves. And on top of that or along with that or something, you get it in arabesque. Sounds...I don't know. Do you?
I know this is a decoration originally intended to catch dust particles so they should roll further.
What are the origins and meanings these terms?
Thanks. What's "in arabesque"?
 
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Yehoshua Yehoshua
Thanks. What's "in arabesque"?
Seems to be a similar profile to the regular Genève but arranged radially rather than in parallel.
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I've never heard them called Geneva waves--I've always heard them referred to as Côtes de Genève.
 
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I've never heard them called Geneva waves--I've always heard them referred to as Côtes de Genève.
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I've never heard them called Geneva waves--I've always heard them referred to as Côtes de Genève.
There are lots more synonyms: Geneva stripes, Vagues de Genève, Glashütte stripes, damaskeening, Fausses Côtes,
Glashütter Streifen, Bandschliff. (Italy seems content with Côtes de Genève.)

One English translation of côtes is "ribs" which would be the long axis, the "waves" refers to the profile of the narrow axis.
 
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