"What Pattern Is" in Pattern Design
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The opening chapter of Lewis F. Day's 'Pattern Design' (1903), a student's guide to the planning and evolution of repeated ornament. It argues that pattern results from repetition, is tied to manufacture, and always rests on a geometric basis, so a designer must plan the lines of a repeat deliberately and not leave them to chance. Four illustrations include a Japanese peach-blossom-on-ice design, a pattern with planned gaps, a heraldic panel and a balanced scroll wall pattern.
- Type
- Monograph
- Date
- 1903
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 11
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