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Like the one shown on the RSVP design. Thank you.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194569646371938464/

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    Personally I just call it a bracket frame, though there MUST be a more technical term :)
    – Jenna
    Commented Jun 12, 2014 at 15:41
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    @Jenna 43 million Google hits kind of agree with you.
    – Vincent
    Commented Jun 12, 2014 at 15:43

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Bracket Frame.

Because thanks to @Bakabaka, I am sure that Google agrees :)

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    When adding a link to a Google search the best way to do it is http://gog.is/keyword+keyword+keyword. With your previous link, my browser flashed a page of incomprehensible gibberish before it correctly interpreted the link. Just a friendly and hopefully useful tip.
    – Dom
    Commented Jul 7, 2014 at 5:22
  • My bad, thanks for the edit :) friendly advice is appreciated!
    – Jenna
    Commented Jul 7, 2014 at 9:18
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For whatever reason "bracket frame" just isn't cutting it for me. Seems like a more stylized derivative of the barbed quatrefoil.

barbed quatrefoil

It's killing me that I can't find a more "official" name for it, but the first thing I thought of was this episode of 99% Invisible from a few weeks back. Maybe someone else feels like digging into The Grammar of Ornament for more context.

Or just stick with bracket frame.

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  • I was also shocked...surely there must be something more technical!!
    – Jenna
    Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 11:11

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