diaper pattern
1. A gold- or blind-tooled decorative pattern,
consisting of a motif constantly repeated in
geometric form. The pattern may consist of figures
such as diamonds, lozenges, or flowers, separated
only by background. or by constantly repeating
compartments, each filled with designs. 2. A
publisher's cloth with a cross-hatched effect of
minute lozenges or squares. Diaper cloths were
popular in the late 1830s and 1840s, and have
remained standard patterns on fabrics in one form
or another ever since. 3. The uniformly patterned
background for pictorial scenes in illuminated
manuscripts. Its extensive use dates from the
latter part of the 13th century. (83 , 94 , 156 , 347 )
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