We think of these patterns as being modernist, graphic styles from the 20th century but they are rooted in much older craft and design aesthetics, too, and indeed geometrics can just as easily be circles or curves. Think of the traditional patterns of simple woven textiles such as woollen Welsh blankets, while traditional quilt designs can sport myriad lozenges, triangles, blocks or honeycombs and hexagons.
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1 WELSH TAPESTRY BLANKETS, FROM A SELECTION BY FFOREST,
ARE TEAMED WITH CRISP WHITE SHEETS TO BLEND CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL DESIGN (COLDATNIGHT.CO.UK).
2 PATTERNED WALLPAPER, LIKE MIMI PICKARD’S NAKED ANGELICA WALLPAPER, £32/M, IS INSPIRED BY BLOOMSBURY ART (MIMIPICKARD.COM).
3 A MOORISH-STYLE RUG HAS UPDATED WEAVER GREEN’S ANDALUCIA PALOMA DESIGN THAT DRAWS ON A HERITAGE OF NON-FIGURATIVE PATTERNS, FROM £130 (WEAVERGREEN.COM).
4 BLOCK-PRINTED PATTERNS AND REPRODUCTIONS FROM ORIGINAL PRINTS, SUCH AS PEGGY ANGUS’S NAIVE SMALL DAMASK WALLPAPER, HAVE AN ENGAGING AND ‘HUMAN’ QUALITY; £80.50/ROLL, BLITHFIELD (BLITHFIELD.CO.UK).
5 FLORAL PATTERNS ARE BALANCED WITH SMALL AREAS OF GEOMETRIC PATTERN IN THE BEDROOM OF THIS HAMPSHIRE HOUSE.
6 RAISED DECORATION ON A STONEWARE PLANT POT (H10CM) ADDS SUBTLE TEXTURE, £6.50 (OLIVERBONAS.COM).
7 A JAZZ-AGE FABRIC PRINT DIRECTS THE EYE AND ATTENTION TO A HEADBOARD. ABSTRACT 1928 BY ZOFFANY, £119/M (SANDERSONDESIGNGROUP.COM).
8 A PATCHWORK BEDSPREAD AND A BLIND WITH SMALL-TO-MEDIUM REPEAT-PRINT FABRICS BROKEN UP INTO SMALLER AREAS ARE USED TO GREAT EFFECT IN THIS BEDROOM IN A PRETTY COLOUR PALETTE (RAPTUREANDWRIGHT.CO.UK; BELYNDASHARPLES.CO.UK).
9 A MOSAIC PATTERN IS LIT UP IN THIS BONE-CHINA HECTOR 21 BEDSIDE LAMP, £229, BY ORIGINAL BTC (ORIGINALBTC.COM).
10 HOUNDSTOOTH PATTERNS PLAY ACROSS THIS SYLVAN WOOL-MIX CARPET FROM THE COUNTRY LIVING COLLECTION AT CARPETRIGHT, £69.99/SQ M (CARPETRIGHT.CO.UK).
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