been used very largely during metrical ^e great periods of decorative art. The masters of patterns, former times have always recognized the strength and reticence of simple geometrical patterns, and have never hesitated to employ them, even in their most elementary forms. The elements of these… … FIG. 128. III. We will now consider some of the patterns con- The structed and developed from disks and squares, taking and^ ^e latter ^rst- The chess-board pattern composed triangle °f alternate squares of marble or stone of two colours and forms one of the most satisfactory pavement designs…
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