Like a musical leitmotif, these pretty, hand decorated patterns are delightfully recurring. They’re recurring from antiquity and then joyfully repeating across a wall, a backsplash or a fireplace surround. Some bring to mind the garden, others evoke decorative ironwork or fretwork or woodwork, or even summon up the witty curves of a hot air balloon. There’s something familiar and comforting about each of these patterns, the way a favorite musical refrain that comes back around and around, at once soul-soothing and uplifting.
