See also:

• DIAPER (derived through the Fr. from the Gr. &&, through, and a rirpos, white; the derivation from the town of Ypres, " d'Ypres," in Belgium is unhistorical, as diapers were known for centuries before its existence)

DIAPER (derived through the Fr. from the Gr. &&, through, and a rirpos, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white; the derivation from the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• YPRES (Flemish Yperen)

Ypres, " d'Ypres," in See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium is unhistorical, as diapers were known for centuries before its existence)  , the name given to a textile fabric, formerly of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and costly nature with embroidered See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament, but now of See also:

• LINEN

linen or See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, with a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• WOVEN

woven See also:

• PATTERN

pattern; and particularly restricted to small napkins . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• DIAPER (derived through the Fr. from the Gr. &&, through, and a rirpos, white; the derivation from the town of Ypres, " d'Ypres," in Belgium is unhistorical, as diapers were known for centuries before its existence)

diaper " is given to any small pattern of a conventional nature repeated continuously and uniformly over a See also:

• SURFACE

surface; the designs may be purely geometrical, or based '...^' .^ ^ ^"" v" ^E° .^i^ . ""^u^ " :° .:." ':: . ':: . u . ^ . u^ .^ se:. u . ^" ...:: ::':: . ' u . .^s u . ^^. u. u . ^^ . ^^" . sins .s.s. See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ass O :Is' u^ ^^. u .

^ - °^ u^ .." ^° s ... ^ .s um es . . .. . .. ^ ^u .. pm. sm. See also:

• SUS

sus mom C on floral forms, and in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early examples were regulated by the See also:

• PROCESS

process of their textile origin . Subsequently, similar patterns were employed in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages for the surface decoration of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, as in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey and See also:

• BAYEUX

Bayeux See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral in the spandrils of the arcades of the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir and See also:

• NAVE

nave; also in mural See also:

• PAINTING

painting, stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, incised See also:

• BRASSES, MONUMENTAL

brasses, encaustic tiles, &c . Probably in most cases the pattern was copied, so far as the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design is concerned, from the tissues and stuffs of See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine manufacture, which came over to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and were highly prized as ecclesiastical See also:

• VESTMENTS

vestments . in its textile use, the term diaper was originally applied to See also:

• SILK

silk patterns of a geometrical pattern; it is now almost exclusively used for See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond patterns made from linen or cotton yarns . An See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of two patterns of this nature is shown in the figure . The floats of the warp and the weft are mostly in three; indeed the patterns are made from a See also:

• BASE

base weave which is composed entirely of floats of this number . It will be seen that both designs are formed of what may be termed concentric figures—alternately See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white .

Pattern B differs from pattern A only in that more of these concentric figures are used for the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete figure . If pattern B, which shows only one unit, were extended, the effect would be similar to A, except for the See also:

• SIZE

size of the unit . In A there are four complete See also:

• UNITS, DIMENSIONS OF
• UNITS, PHYSICAL

units, and hence the pattern appears more striking . Again, the repeating of B would cause the four corner pieces to join and to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a diamond similar to the one in the centre . The two diamonds in B would then alternate diagonally to See also:

• LEFT

left and right . See also:

• SPECIAL

Special names are given to certain kinds of diapers, e.g . " See also:

• BIRD

bird's-See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye," " See also:

• PHEASANT

pheasant's-eye "; these terms indicate, to a certain extent, the size of the complete diamond in the See also:

• CLOTH

cloth—the smaller See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind taking the name " bird's-eye." The size of the pattern on See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper has little connexion with the size of the pattern in the cloth, for it is clearly the number of threads and picks per See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch which determine the size of the pattern in the cloth from any given design . Although A is larger than what is usually termed the " bird's-eye " pattern, it is evident that it may be made to appear as such, provided that the cloth is See also:

• FINE

fine enough . These designs, although adapted mostly for cloths such as nursery-diapers, for pinafores, &c., are sometimes used in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of towels and table-cloths . In the figure, the first pick in A is identical with the first pick in B, and the See also:

• PART

part C shows how each interweaves with the twenty-four threads .