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Harlequin design: slim, classic, wide diamond

Harlequin — Lozenges the width of a match head, twice as tall as wide, alternating two colours edge to edge with no ground between them, the diagonal seams reading as a fine trellis across the whole frame., harlequin repeat, lozenges twice as tall as wide tessellating edge to edge, two colours in strict alternation, a fine dark seam where the diamonds meet, flat fills with a hairline seam

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Reading 1Ditsy
Reading 2Medium
Reading 3Large

Harlequin is the diamond of the stage costume: elongated lozenges edge to edge in two alternating colours, no gaps and no overcheck, taller than wide by strict proportion. These nine render slim, classic and wide diamond harlequin across three colourways. Ask for a different lozenge proportion, and the same three colourways carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What size and format do these print at?
Each pattern is a seamless square tile at even resolution, so it repeats cleanly on costume fabric or a wallpaper roll.
Can I get a different diamond proportion?
Yes — the direction field takes any lozenge shape, and the same three colourways render it.
What's the difference between the three diamond shapes?
Slim elongates the lozenge tall and narrow, classic sits at the traditional stage-costume proportion, and wide shortens the lozenge toward a squarer diamond.
How is harlequin different from argyle?
Argyle overlays a diagonal overcheck onto solid diamonds; harlequin has no overcheck at all — just two colours of lozenge alternating edge to edge with no ground showing.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.