"The Quatrefoil is a piercing or panel divided by cusps or foliations into four leaves, or more correctly the leaf-shaped figure formed by the cusps. The name is also given to flowers and leaves of a similar form carved as ornaments on moldings, etc. It differs from the cinquefoil only in the number of cusps."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Quatrefoil

"The Quatrefoil is a piercing or panel divided by cusps or foliations into four leaves, or more correctly…

The tracery on the windows of La Sainte-Chapelle, in Paris, France shows foliations: a leaf pattern common in Gothic architecture. "Foliations in Tracery. Sainte Chapelle, Paris, A. D. 1240." -Whitney, 1911

Tracery Foliations

The tracery on the windows of La Sainte-Chapelle, in Paris, France shows foliations: a leaf pattern…