Diaper work can take the form of lozenges (diamond shape), squares, stylized foliage, or scales
Found in almost all styles of architecture
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
Illustration above: St. Mary of Sorrows/King Urban Life ...
Diaper - A pattern formed by small, repeated geometrical motifs set adjacent to one another, used to decorate stone surfaces in architecture and as a background to illuminations in manuscripts, wall painting or panel painting.
diaper pattern - all-over surface decoration of a small repeated pattern such as squares or lozenges. (p. 28, under roof of bay window on the right first floor).
Diaper work
Decorative effect on walls achieved with diamond or square patterns. This is most easily achieved with brick, using different coloured bricks across walls. However diaper patterns can also be in stone, even tiles.
The Alhambra diapers and original Majolica (Majorca) ware afford admirable specimens of genuine Saracenic or Moorish decoration.
Other types of ribs: lierne, ridge, tierceron, transverse Diaper: A pattern formed by small, repeated geometrical motifs set adjacent to one another, used to decorate stone surfaces in architecture and as a background to illuminations in manuscripts, ...
Diaper brickwork - a diamond pattern, achieved by using bricks of different colours.
English bond - a bond consisting of alternate courses of headers and stretchers.
Diaper work - decoration of squares or lozenges.
Diaphragm - wall running up to the roof-ridge.
Another innovation of this period is the decorative brick minaret such as that of al-Mahjam which consists of a square socle with an octagonal shaft which is faceted lower down and has a large diaper pattern on the upper shaft.
DiaperRepetitive surface decoration of lozenges or squares flat or in relief. Achieved in brickwork with bricks of two colours.DieThe upright part of a pedestal, i.e. between base and cornice.Diocletian window ...
To distinguish it as a Gothic Revival building, there is battlementing on the tall, slim, tower and diaper-latticed lancet windows.
 See also: Decorated, Architecture, Diamond, Capital, Brick
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