Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Physical Attributes Facet
3. Design Elements (hierarchy name)
4. design elements (attributes)
5. motifs
6. natural element motifs

Anotations

Scope note:

Generally, a stylized sun motif showing the rays of the sun shooting out from or surrounding it. Specifically in America, it refers to a lunette with conventionalized sun rays, typically found on 18th-century American furniture. In British heraldry, it refers to a device of sun's rays appearing from behind a cloud; this was used as a badge by the English kings Edward III and Richard II.