Pattern Design - a Book for Students Treating in a Practical Way of the Anatomy, Planning and Evolution of Repeated Ornament

This book provides a classic guide to pattern deisgn for the beginner in repeat design. Using simple language and many illustrations, it covers most of the design principles and approaches and provides a wealth of information on the construction of the repeat. This is a must have for the refernce library of any pattern designer or textile designer. Originally published in 1903 we are here republishing this improtant works with a new introductory biography of the author. Lewis Foreman Day was a designer and decorative artist, he was also one of the major design reformers of the later nineteenth century ? central in promoting the newly propagated Arts and Crafts movement.