Fig. 101.—Moresque diaper. Fig. 102.—Japanese network.
Diapers are found in Chinese and Japanese decoration, although rectilinear network is more common ([Fig. 102]), but powdering is most favoured by them (Figs. [Fig. 103-105]). Sometimes it is put over a pattern ([Fig. 104]). Powdering was, too, a favourite method of ornamenting in the Middle Ages.
The second division is ornament arranged in horizontal bands. The Greeks were pre-eminent in the use of horizontal bands in their sculptured and
Fig. 103.—Japanese powdering. Fig. 104.—Superimposed Japanese powdering.
Fig. 105.—Japanese powdering. Fig. 106.—Diaper, Italian brocade, 16th century.