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Paisley or paisley pattern is an ornamental textile design using the boteh (Persian: بته) or buta, a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end. Of Persian origin, paisley designs became popular in the West in the 18th and 19th centuries, following imports of post- Mughal Empire versions of the design from India, especially in the form of ...
An example of an Argyle style pattern. An argyle (/ ˈ ɑːr. ɡ aɪ l /, occasionally spelled argyll) pattern is made of diamonds or lozenges.The word is sometimes used to refer to an individual diamond in the design, but more commonly refers to the overall pattern.
Echo quilting, where a quilted outline of the appliqué pattern is repeated like ripples out to the edge of the quilt, is the most common quilting pattern employed on Hawaiian-style quilts. Beautiful examples are held in the collection of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum , Honolulu, Hawaii.
Patterns in Nature. Little, Brown & Co. Stewart, Ian (2001). What Shape is a Snowflake? Magical Numbers in Nature. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Patterns from nature (as art) Edmaier, Bernard. Patterns of the Earth. Phaidon Press, 2007. Macnab, Maggie. Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design. New Riders, 2012. Nakamura, Shigeki.
In another case, a female elephant worked out how she could unscrew iron rods with an eye hole that was an inch (2.5 cm) thick. She used her trunk to create leverage and then untwisted the bolt. [33] Ruby, an Asian elephant at Phoenix Zoo would often eavesdrop on conversations
The Great Elephant Chase is a 1992 book children's novel by British author Gillian Cross. [1] It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Whitbread Children's Book Award . It takes place in 1881 and follows the adventures of teenagers Tad and Cissie as they travel across America with Khush the elephant.
Paisley at the Country 2 Country Festival, Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 2014. On April 6, 2014, Paisley released "River Bank". It is the lead single from his tenth studio album for Sony Music Entertainment, Moonshine in the Trunk, which was released on August 26, 2014. Paisley co-wrote the song with Kelley Lovelace and co-produced it with Luke ...