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.
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 work: Decoration of squares or lozenges. Diaphragm: Wall running up to the roof-ridge. Dog legged: With right-angle bends. Dog tooth: An ornamental motif consisting of a square, four-leafed figure, the center of which projects in a point.
 See also: Diaper, Scale, Diamond, Architecture, Church
  
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