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Origin: Scotland. Description: A duotone pattern that is characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white.

Origin: Persia. Description: A droplet-shaped vegetable motif of Persian origin that has been widely used in the West too, particularly in shawls.

Origin: Scotland. Description: Consists of crossed horizontal and vertical bands in two or more colors.

Origin: Europe. Description: A pattern consisting of an array of filled circles, generally equally sized and spaced relatively closely in relation to their diameters.

Origin: Scotland. Description: A pattern made of diamonds or lozenges. The design is commonly used on knitwear such as sweaters and socks.

Origin: France. Description: A type of decorating pattern consisting of a white or off-white background on which a repeated pattern depicting a fairly complex scene, generally of a pastoral theme.

Origin: Global (varied). Description: A dyeing technique used to pattern textiles that employs resist dyeing on the yarns prior to dyeing and weaving the fabric.

Origin: Italy. Description: A pattern made up of rows of parallel lines which in any two adjacent rows slope in opposite directions.

Origin: Damascus, Syria. Description: A reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving.

Origin: Italy. Description: A class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored silks and with or without gold and silver threads.

Origin: Chennai (formerly Madras), India. Description: A lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing.

Origin: Southeast Asia. Description: A medium-weight balanced plain-woven fabric made from dyed cotton or cotton-blend yarn.

Origin: Indonesia. Description: A technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique, often with intricate patterns.

Origin: India. Description: A glazed calico cloth printed with flowers and other patterns in different colors.

Origin: Scotland. Description: A rough-surfaced woolen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colors, originally produced in Scotland.

Origin: British colonial India. Description: A printed cotton or synthetic fabric that has a surface consisting of puckered and flat sections, typically in a striped pattern.

Origin: Global. Description: A pattern consisting of stylized or realistic flowers, leaves, and other plant materials, which is ubiquitous across various cultures.

Origin: Ancient Greece. Description: An inverted V pattern, with each side meeting at a point without interruption, commonly found in a variety of applications in modern design.

Origin: India. Description: A plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton, also refer to plain cotton fabric with small, all-over floral prints.

Origin: Military use. Description: A design used to conceal by making items blend in with their surroundings, commonly used in military clothing and gear.

Origin: France. Description: Weaving technique producing intricate patterns on fabric. Named after inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard's loom.

Origin: Scotland. Description: A duotone textile pattern featuring broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white.

Origin: Ghana. Description: A type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips, known for its multicolored patterns, and is an important symbol in African heritage.

Origin: Global. Description: Fashion pattern mimicking the natural patterns in animal fur or skin, such as leopard spots or zebra stripes.

Origin: Gothic architecture. Description: A decorative element consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter.

Origin: Italy. Description: A pattern of diamond-shaped motifs with bold edges, commonly known from the comic servant character in the Commedia dell'arte.

Origin: Hawaii, USA. Description: Typically features bright colors and plant motifs such as hibiscus flowers, palm leaves, and tropical birds.

Origin: Japan. Description: A manual resist dyeing technique, which produces patterns on fabric by binding, stitching, folding, twisting, compressing, or capping it before dyeing.

Origin: France. Description: A lightweight fabric, often silk or a silk mix, with a printed pattern. Often used for scarves and neckties.