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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4370125, member: 2844&quot;]Whiplash is not a style, it is a motif which characterises Art Nouveau.</p><p>You handle is not an Art Nouveau whiplash motif, and your decanter is not Art Nouveau.</p><p>This is the whiplash motif, on the wall of one of my favourite houses, by Victor Horta, in Brussels:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/upload_2021-11-10_15-41-3-jpeg.359145/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Closer to home, the iconic &#039;Delftsche Slaolie&#039; advertising poster by Jan Toorop, the hair of the ladies is made up of &#039;whiplashes&#039;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365211[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Because of this poster, Art Nouveau was dubbed &quot;spaghetti en slaoliestijl&quot; in the Netherlands. (Spaghetti and salad oil style)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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