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Quatrefoil design: floating, touching, overlapping lobes

Quatrefoil — Quatrefoils the size of a pea in tight rows, lobes just touching their neighbours, the small negative shapes between them reading as a second pattern, the whole surface an even fine lattice., quatrefoil repeat, four-lobed shapes on a square grid overlapping at the lobes, the negative shapes between them reading as sharp four-pointed stars, one even outline weight, flat fills with a crisp edge

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Reading 1Ditsy
Reading 2Medium
Reading 3Large

The quatrefoil is four overlapping circles cut into a single lobed shape, set on a grid — Moorish tile, Gothic tracery and hotel carpet all share it, the grammar riding on whether the shapes touch, overlap or stand apart. These nine render floating, touching and overlapping quatrefoil across three colourways. Ask for a tighter or looser curve, and the same three colourways carry it.

  • a tile or flooring reference swatch
  • a wallpaper repeat sample
  • a phone wallpaper
  • a stationery or notecard background
  • a rug or carpet fabric print

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 flooring reference art or a wallpaper roll.
Can I get a tighter or looser curve?
Yes — the direction field takes any lobe curvature, and the same three colourways render it.
What's the difference between the three arrangements?
Floating spaces the lobed shapes apart with visible ground, touching lets their points just meet, and overlapping interlocks them so the grid reads continuous.
Is this based on real Moorish tile or Gothic tracery?
Yes — the four-lobed shape draws on real Moorish tilework and Gothic window tracery as a style reference, not a copy of any specific building's design.

About toile

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.