Rosettes: A World Pattern 

We chose to present the rosette motif on our products not only because they are visually appealing, but also because of their importance in human history. They were an important motif to diverse cultures. The rosette is a very old symbol, being already present in megalithic art. The rosette motif, known in Greek as rodakas, was a prominent decorative element across ancient cultures, including Mesopotamia and Egypt. In many cultures, the rosette has been, and still is, a solar symbol, but the earliest certain meaning of it is found in Mesopotamia, where the eight-pointed rosette was the symbol of planet Venus. Thus, the rosette is a solar or stellar symbol. The Sumerian great goddess Inanna had been mainly associated with planet Venus. Her symbol was the eight-pointed rosette or star. As in Mesopotamia, the eight-pointed rosette is so frequently encountered in Minoan art. The ‘rosette’, the flower-shaped symbol, is very frequent in Minoan art, and is especially found in ‘royal’ objects (gold pins, necklaces) and in the palaces (frescoes, seals, pithoi, pottery). In the Greek Mycenaean world, it adorned numerous items such as jewellery, and was also incorporated into architectural ornamentation and pottery designs from around 1500 BCE. Moreover, in Islamic art you can also find various natural floral patterns, including rosettes. 

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