cook book holder boarder trim

[rash_powder]

My wife wants me to make her a cook book stand for when she is cooking.  I've got material rough broken down, a solid plan in my head, and rough dimensions in Inkscape.  

I'm struggling with an embellishment.  She loves Beauty and the Beast, but if I scroll the image I found into the holder you would see the hinge through it and there wouldn't really be anything terribly solid to screw the hinge too.  

So I'm trying to find some cool flourish (or whatever its called) to cut into the boarder of the holder.  I'm thinking about 1-2" in from the edges and top so the mid section is solid for the hinge attachment.  

I just don't know what to call a negative flourish pattern.  

Any ideas?  I hope I made it clear what I'm after; I often struggle to explain what's in my head.  

Thanks!

Edited February 5 by rash_powder

[don in brooklin on]

Steve Good has a cook book stand at https://www.stevedgood.com/cookbookstand.pdf

Does she have any particular likes - rose, butterfly or say humming bird. 

If you could come up with size and idea of "flourish" might I could give it a try.

Below is what I call a flourish. Is this what you are after for both sides. There are lots of variations like this.

 

 

[rash_powder]

I think I managed to find a pattern!  Searched for victorian stencil and that got me where I wanted to be.