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thumb|Page in which appear various illustrations of palmettes, from A handbook of Ornament by Franz Meyer (1898) thumb|Etruscan civilization|Etruscan architectural plaque with palmettes, from late 4th century BC, painted terracotta, in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City]] The palmette is a motif in decorative art which, in its most characteristic expression, resembles the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree, like palmyra leaf. It has a far-reaching history, originating in ancient Egypt with a subsequent development through the art of most of Eurasia, often in forms that bear relativ