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The anatomy of pattern (1887)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 112

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t never would haveoccurred to you. The diagonal stripe pattern on Plate 27resolves itself into a diamond repeat, but it istolerably certain that the designer did notwork upon the lines of that diamond, butprobably upon a network of diagonal andhorizontal cross-lines—as did also the inventorof Plate… … _ionat rormoS upon C tbey (.».;. of tS|« J \j^ Skeleton Plans. 43 It is a good test of your design, when youhave roughe;d it out on one plan, to make thefinished drawing on another. By that meansyou see it, as it were, from two points of view,and can form a very fair idea as to how itrepeats,…

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