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Year Completed
2018
Abstract
2018 Pattern Research Project
Yoon Chae Lee – Quatrefoil
The Pattern Research Project involves research and analysis of contemporary patterns found in the textiles and wallcoverings of the built interior environment. Patterns use motif, repetition, color, geometry, craft, technology, and space to communicate place, time, and concept. Through this research and analysis, built environments - their designers, occupants, construction, and context - can be better understood.
Yoon Chae Lee, VCU Interior Design BFA 2021, selected the Quatrefoil pattern for the 2018 Pattern Research Project. The text below is excerpted from the student’s work:
“Quatrefoil is one of the good examples that still used in modern day for wallpaper, ornamentation, textile, bedding, and lighting, etc. It is ambiguous about where it came from but, regardless of its murky origins, the quatrefoil was popular throughout Europe. It was considered as a symbol of good luck. Historically in architecture, the quatrefoil became a prominent design element in Gothic and Renaissance architecture. It was mostly used in tracery and stained-glass windows. The word, “Quatrefoil” is derived from Latin word meaning four leaves. It is a symmetrical shape with four lobes or foils of equal size. It has also come to symbolize harmony, symmetry, and proportion.”
Geometry
Linear
Color
gray, blue, green
Craft
weaving, printing
Material
Cotton
Function/Use
wallpaper
Pattern Design Era
20th Century
Design
Alexander Girard
Disciplines
Art and Design | Interior Design
Department
VCUarts, Dept. of Interior Design
Date of Submission
10-25-2019
Rights
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