Elaborate patterns, often geometric or botanical, that have their origins as a weaving style in the Middle Ages but today have expanded to curtains, wallpaper, apparel, and accessories.

 

Nails by (left to right): Lynn Bui, Today Nails, Mocksville,  N.C.; Indira “Diamond” McLounder, Nailz By Diamond, Lauderhill, Fla.; Paula Hlavin, Nails by Paula, Lemont, Ill.

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