Design  Fabric Glossary A 
   Abstract, Adaptation, Alleyways, Allovers, Aubusson   

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Abstract
Used of forms/patterns which have been formalised so as to be no longer representational or naturalistic.

Adaptation
A design which is based on another design but incorporates changes and modifications which allow it to be considered a new and separate design.

Alleyways
These are spaces which are caused unintentionally and which form lines in a design.

Allover
A layout which involves the whole space being animated by the use of multiple forms and motifs which are distributed in a balanced way. It can be floral and naturalistic or abstract and formalised. Wistaria and Rose.

Aubusson

A town in central France famous for producing tapestries.Although they were produced from the 1400's, the name most often refers to the elaborate pictorial  and pastoral scenes popular in the C17th and C18th which used a distinctive soft palette. Carpets as well as hangings were made. Aubusson Rose.

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