Herringbone pattern
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See also: Herringbone (cloth)
The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement, so named for a fancied resemblance to the skeleton of a fish such as a herring.
The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms. The block edge length ratios are usually 2:1, and sometimes 3:1, but need not be even ratios.
The herringbone pattern has a symmetry of wallpaper group pgg, as long as the blocks are not of different color (i.e., considering the borders alone).
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| Herringbone fabric | Egyptian mats with herringbone pattern with two different colors | Salzburg, Austria pavement | Budapest, Hungary pavement | |
Related tilings [edit]
As a geometric tessellation, the herringbone pattern is topologically identical to the regular hexagonal tiling.
References [edit]
- Grünbaum, Branko; Shephard, G. C. (1987). Tilings and Patterns. W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 0-7167-1193-1. (Page 476, Tilings by polygons, #19 of 56 polygonal isohedral types by quadrangles )
- www.britannica.com
