Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Physical Attributes Facet
3. Design Elements (hierarchy name)
4. design elements (attributes)

Narrower term/s

• [patterns by general type][+]
  • allover patterns [+]
    • diaper patterns
    • arabesques [NP] [+]
      • moresques
      • hatayi
      • rumi
    • powderwork
    • millefleurs [NP]
    • grain patterns [NP] [+]
      • pig grain
      • book cloth grain patterns [+]
      • pebble grain
      • levant grain
      • straight grain
      • cross grain
  • counterchange
  • running ornament [+]
    • undulate bands
    • vertebrate bands
    • rolls (patterns) [+]
      • twisted pineapple [NP]
• [patterns by specific type][+]
  • wave pattern
  • floral patterns [+]
    • millefleurs
  • cloud bands
  • strapwork
  • scrollwork [+]
    • cloud scrolls
    • inhabited scrolls
    • wave scrolls [+]
      • Vitruvian scrolls
    • scrolling foliage [+]
      • vine scrolls
      • rinceaux
  • arabesques [+]
    • moresques
    • hatayi
    • rumi
  • moiré (pattern)
  • guilloche (pattern)
  • interlace [+]
    • lacertine ornament
    • knotwork
  • [edging and surfacing patterns] [+]
    • imbrication [+]
      • scale pattern
    • vermiculation
    • gadrooning
    • fluting [+]
      • strigillation
      • cabled fluting
      • dhārāvṛta
      • śuṇḍubhēda
    • reeding
    • beading (edging pattern)
    • rustication
    • scalloping
    • arrises
    • arcading (edging and surfacing patterns)
    • dentelle (pattern)
    • pointillé
  • foliation (pattern)
  • geometric patterns [+]
    • checker pattern [+]
      • diced pattern
      • houndstooth
    • herringbone
    • frets (patterns) [+]
      • Chinese frets
      • key pattern
    • money pattern
    • step pattern
    • stripes [+]
      • pinstripes
    • reticulation
    • zigzags [+]
      • Bargello work (pattern)
      • eyer kası
    • tilings (geometric patterns)
  • meanders (patterns) [+]
    • stepped frets
  • filigree (pattern)
  • willow pattern
  • lace pattern
  • grain patterns [+]
    • pig grain
    • book cloth grain patterns [+]
      • ripple grain
      • sand grain
      • dot and line
      • honeycomb grain
      • bead grain
      • diaper grain
      • rib grain
      • bubble grain
      • morocco grain
      • frond grain
      • ribbed morocco grain
      • wave grain
      • dotted-line
      • diagonal beaded-line
      • crackle grain
      • pansy (book cloth grain)
      • linen grain
      • net grain
      • crisscross grain
      • cord grain
      • calico grain
      • fine rib grain
      • fine diagonal rib grain
    • pebble grain
    • levant grain
    • straight grain
    • cross grain
  • [patterns for bindings] [+]
    • twisted pineapple
    • [motifs for books] [NP] [+]
      • drawer handles
      • Oxford corners
    • run-up
  • rarrk
  • korwar
  • karakusa
  • karahanamon
  • quincunx
  • plaid (pattern)
  • girih
  • water designs

Anotations

Scope note:

Ornamental designs, usually on a flat surface or in relief and composed of repeated or combined motifs. Distinguish from "motifs" which are distinct or separable design elements occurring singly as individual shapes.