The side patterns. Each of the four sides of the square bears a design composed of two scrolls with a double stepped element and two long appendages between them. Each design is completed before the next is begun. The drawing proceeds as follows:
1. The outlining of the scrolls and the drawing of the crossbar between them.
2. The outlining of the central stepped figures.
3. The filling of the stepped figures with black.
4. The outlining of the two long appendages between the scrolls.
5. The filling of the appendages with black, leaving two narrow crossbars in the ground color.
6. The addition of the two small appendages between the stepped figures.
7. The outlining of a central streak ending in a small circle in each of the scrolls.
8. The filling of the scrolls with black, leaving the central streak and small circle in the ground color.
As in the case of the medallions, each one of the side patterns is completed more quickly than the last. The time: No. 1, twenty-six minutes (71:00-97:00); No. 2, twenty-two and a half minutes (97:00-119:30); No. 3, twenty-one and a half minutes (119:30-141:00); No. 4, fourteen and a half minutes (141:00-155:30). The entire time required for painting the design was thus two hours, thirty-five minutes, and thirty seconds.