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Home > Art, Film & Photography > Textile Patterns: Tartan, Paisley, Border Tartan, Argyle, Houndstooth, Toile, Gingham, Glen Plaid, Strawberry Thief, Tattersall, Pin Stripes
Textile Patterns: Tartan, Paisley, Border Tartan, Argyle, Houndstooth, Toile, Gingham, Glen Plaid, Strawberry Thief, Tattersall, Pin Stripes

Textile Patterns: Tartan, Paisley, Border Tartan, Argyle, Houndstooth, Toile, Gingham, Glen Plaid, Strawberry Thief, Tattersall, Pin Stripes


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tartan, Paisley, Border Tartan, Argyle, Houndstooth, Toile, Gingham, Glen Plaid, Strawberry Thief, Tattersall, Pin Stripes, Herringbone, Grenfell Cloth, Persian Motifs. Excerpt: The argyle (occasionally argyll ) pattern is made of diamonds in a diagonal checkerboard arrangement. The word is sometimes used to refer to an individual diamond in the design but more commonly refers to the overall pattern. Most argyle layouts contain layers of overlapping motifs, adding a sense of three-dimensionality, movement, and texture. Typically, there is an overlay of intercrossing diagonal lines on solid diamonds.The argyle pattern is derived from the tartan of Clan Campbell, of Argyll in western Scotland, and from the patterned socks worn by Scottish Highlanders since at least the 17th century. (See illustrations in History of the kilt ) These were generally known as "tartan hose." Argyle knitwear became fashionable in England and then the USA after the first world war. Pringle of Scotland popularised the design, helped by its identification with the Duke of Windsor. Pringle's website says that "the iconic Pringle argyle design was developed" in the 1920s. The duke, like others, used this pattern for golf clothing: both for jerseys and for the long socks needed for the plus-fours trouser fashion of the day.Payne Stewart (19571999), who won the U.S. Open and a PGA championship, was known and loved by fans for his bright and "flashy" dress; he wore tams, knickers, and argyle socks. It has seen a resurgence in popularity in the last few years, due to its adoption by Stuart Stockdale in collections produced by luxury clothing manufacturer, Pringle of Scotland, as well as the prominence of the pattern in high-end pret-a-porter American fashion. Argyle socks are worn by revivalist golfers playin...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156637449
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Tartan, Paisley, Border Tartan, Argyle, Houndstooth, Toile, Gingham, Glen Plaid, Strawberry Thief, Tattersall, Pin Stripes
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1156637449
  • Publisher Date: 22 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 95 gr


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