Layering of patterns: one surface, one pattern

A room with clear pattern layering. The floor features large-scale geometric tile patterns; the lower section of the wall has a different, smaller geometric glazed tile pattern; the upper section of the wall has plaster openwork vines; and the ceiling has wooden carved star-shaped grids. The scale of the four layers of patterns decreases from bottom to top, and there is a plain horizontal dividing strip between each layer. Due to the layering, the dense decorations do not blur into one. Avoid: mixing more than two types of patterns on the same surface, having similar pattern scales across layers making them indistinguishable, removing the dividing strips between layers, using the same pattern for all four layers.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個圖案分層清楚的房間。地面是一種大尺度的幾何拼磚;牆的下段是另一種較小的釉磚幾何;牆的上段是石膏的鏤空藤蔓;天花是木雕的星形格子。四個層次的圖案尺度由下往上遞減,而且每一層之間有一道素面的水平分隔帶。因為分層,密集的裝飾不會糊成一片。避免:在同一個表面上混用兩種以上的圖案、讓各層的圖案尺度接近分不出層次、拿掉層與層之間的分隔帶、讓四個層次使用同一種圖案。