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The anatomy of pattern (1887)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 78

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ensive pattern. We have, ordinarily, to reconsider the pos-sible lines of pattern construction in theirrelation to the rectangular figure, which is therepeat determined for us by the conditions ofnearly all modem manufacture. The base of our operations is then usuallya parallelogram. Furthermore,… … Practical Pattern Planning. 27 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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