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== Decorative uses == | == Decorative uses == | ||
[[Image:Double coin knot-rotated.jpg|thumb|Decorative form made with doubled lines]] | [[Image:Double coin knot-rotated.jpg|thumb|Decorative form made with doubled lines]] | ||
In the decorative variation, both standing ends enter from one side and both working ends exit from the other. In this configuration the knot is known as the ''Josephine knot'' ( | In the decorative variation, both standing ends enter from one side and both working ends exit from the other. In this configuration the knot is known as the ''Josephine knot'' (macrame) or ''double coin knot'' ([[Chinese knotting]]). This form of the Carrick bend is found depicted in heraldry, sometimes with the tails of [[Charge (heraldry)|heraldic serpents]] woven (or "nowed") into this knot.<ref name="histsci">J.C. Turner and P. van de Griend (ed.), ''The History and Science of Knots'' (Singapore: World Scientific, 1996), 388.</ref> | ||
The knot can be tied using doubled lines for an even flatter, more elaborate appearance. | The knot can be tied using doubled lines for an even flatter, more elaborate appearance. | ||
