The principal requirement in a design for wall-paper or oil cloth is that the edges shall match each other; that is, when the ends and sides are connected the entire design must appear connected and continuous. Therefore, the design must be made so that if it is repeated side by side. and end for end, a continuous, harmonious pattern will be observed.
In the designs shown in Fig. 22 each unit is supposed to be the full width of a strip of wall-paper or oilcloth. They are drawn in conformity with the requirement noted. The height may be greater or less than the width, but the sides and ends must conform to the rule.
A Wall-Paper Design
The casual observer would not be apt to guess that the design in Fig. 24 was based on the dotted line units in A, Fig. 23. placed in their regular order, aided by the oblique, horizontal and vertical lines of the diagram. Yet that is the manner in which the design is made. It will be interesting to see how readily the design B may be copied by resorting to the method of duplicating a drawing as shown in the chapter on Triangulation.
Corners and Borders – In drawing corners and borders, guide lines must be made, especially parallel lines for the borders, so that the design will show evenly and straight, or in proper curves, according to the design used.
Weaving Units – A good method for practice is to make tracings of various simple units of ornamental design, weaving them by repetition into various compositions, and varying the component parts according to the judgment of the student, These tracings should be preserved for future use in other designs.
Interspersing Units – The various geometrical and ornamental figures shown may be broken, or separated, by interspersing flowers or units, such as leaves, or almost any of the conventional forms shown in this and other lessons.
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