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The anatomy of pattern (1894)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 74

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pattern. We have, ordinarily, to reconsider the pos-sible lines of pattern construction in their rela-tion to the rectangular figure, that being therepeat determined for us by the conditions ofnearly all modern manufacture. The base of our operations is, then, usuallya parallelogram. Furthermore,… … Practical Pattern Planning. 2 7 that the printers block shall be rectangular.Custom has further fixed its width at 21inches. And, since a block of greater lengththan that would be unwieldy, we are restrictedto a square of 21 inches by 21 inches. The block may represent a fraction onlyof the design,…

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