Diaper (architecture)

Diaper (architecture)

In architecture a diaper pattern is a criss cross pattern usually made with bricks in a wall. Very popular in the Tudor Period in the Britain, (1485-1560). [http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/diaper.htm]

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