Arabesque

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What Wikipedia says

The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Arabesque”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), 2009-02-28, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.