shapes and textures

Plate III from <n>Javanese Batik Designs from Metal Stamps</n> by <n>Berthold Laufer</n>, published in 1923.

<n>The Fall of the Stars</n>, an illustration from <n>The Book of Miracles</n>, Augsburg, c. 1552.

<n>Garden Maze</n>, an engraving by artist <n>Hans Vredeman de Vries</n> from 1583.

Wrought iron grille at <n>Casa degli Atellani</n> in Milan by architect <n>Piero Portaluppi</n>.

<n>Design for a textile</n> (c. 1930) by artist <n>Elisabeth Vellacott</n>.

Cymatic patterns created by scientist <n>Hans Jenny</n>.

The <n>Nymphaeum at Villa Visconti Borromeo Arese Litta</n>, designed by <n>Martino Bassi</n>. Photo by <n>Massimo Listri</n>.

Detail from the <n>Christian Dior</n> Fall 2022 Couture collection, with artwork by <n>Olesia Trofymenko</n>.

An Italian <n>Grille</n> in wrought iron, 15th–16th century. From the collection of <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.