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Decorative William Morris-style title card for the article “What Is A Ditsy Pattern?”, with the heading lettered inside an ornate botanical border.

A ditsy pattern is a scatter of small motifs, usually tiny flowers, buds, and the odd star, tossed loosely across the cloth with no real grid to them. It is...

A ditsy pattern is a scatter of small motifs, usually tiny flowers, buds, and the odd star, tossed loosely across the cloth with no real grid to them. It is...

Decorative William Morris-style title card for the article “What Is Seigaiha?”, with the heading lettered inside an ornate botanical border.

Seigaiha is the Japanese wave design: overlapping concentric arcs that stack into rows of stylized swells, standing in for the sea. The name says exactly that, "blue ocean wave," from...

Seigaiha is the Japanese wave design: overlapping concentric arcs that stack into rows of stylized swells, standing in for the sea. The name says exactly that, "blue ocean wave," from...

Decorative William Morris-style title card for the article “What Is A Tessellating Pattern?”, with the heading lettered inside an ornate botanical border.

A tessellating pattern (a tessellation, if you want the math word) is just shapes that fit together perfectly: no gaps, no overlaps, covering a flat plane. Every tile shares its...

A tessellating pattern (a tessellation, if you want the math word) is just shapes that fit together perfectly: no gaps, no overlaps, covering a flat plane. Every tile shares its...

Decorative William Morris-style title card for the article “What Is Tattersall?”, with the heading lettered inside an ornate botanical border.

Tattersall is a check built from regularly spaced thin colored lines, running across the weft and down the warp, that box up into evenly spaced squares on a light ground....

Tattersall is a check built from regularly spaced thin colored lines, running across the weft and down the warp, that box up into evenly spaced squares on a light ground....

Decorative William Morris-style title card for the article “What Is A Boteh Motif?”, with the heading lettered inside an ornate botanical border.

A boteh, also called buta, is that teardrop with a curled tip: a floral, cypress-tree shape that started in ancient Persia and became the model for the Western paisley pattern....

A boteh, also called buta, is that teardrop with a curled tip: a floral, cypress-tree shape that started in ancient Persia and became the model for the Western paisley pattern....

Decorative William Morris-style title card for the article “What Is Toile De Jouy?”, with the heading lettered inside an ornate botanical border.

Toile de Jouy is the original toile: a monochrome printed cloth and wallpaper born at the Oberkampf works in Jouy-en-Josas, France, in the 1760s. The look is scenic, pastoral landscapes,...

Toile de Jouy is the original toile: a monochrome printed cloth and wallpaper born at the Oberkampf works in Jouy-en-Josas, France, in the 1760s. The look is scenic, pastoral landscapes,...