<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">guilloche</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>interlace</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>guilloché</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>frets</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>guilloche artists</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>patterns by specific type</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>water pattern</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>water-pattern</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A pattern or ornament of interlaced curving bands in the form of two or more bands or strings twisting over each other, so as to repeat the same figure, in a continued series by the spiral returning of the bands; sometimes giving the effect of a braid, but most often in smooth curves forming circles. Sometimes considered a type of fret or a type of interlace. Named after the French engineer Guillot, who invented a machine that could scratch fine patterns and designs on metallic surfaces. ]]></note></mads>