Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 98
the common property of designersfor all manner of fabrics, but undreamt-of inthe philosophy of the amateur. Theoretically, it is all the same whether youdesign a drop on the lines of the square, onthe slant, or on the diamond, you may arrivein either case at identically the same result.This is… … 38 The Anatomy of Pattern. and make with them the diamond ; or, if youdisposed them differently, you might producethe oblique shape ; which last would amountto the same thing as though you had cutoff only two corners and transposed them(Diagram page 45). Nevertheless, it makes practically all…
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