Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910, author · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 89
Practical Pattern Planning. 3 1 them true, they would not fill the square, but only a space about 21 inches by 18. Three and a half hexagons in the width would work, but only … without a “ drop,” they would need to be re¬ duced to half that size ; that is to say, there would have to be seven hexagons to the width, measuring each only three inches across. It will plainly be seen, in this instance, how very strictly the artist is bound by considerations which scarcely occur…
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