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Herringbone pattern

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[[File:90 degree Herringbone bond.png	150px]]Parallel to boundary	[[File:45 degree Herringbone bond.png	150px]]45° rotated

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[[File:Isohedral_tiling_p4-19b.png	100px]]2:1	[[File:Herringbone bond.svg	100px]]3:1	[[File:Herringbone_pattern_long.svg	112px]]~6.6:1

|} The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement, so named for a fancied resemblance to the bones of a fish such as a herring.

The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms. The block edge length ratios are usually 2:1, and sometimes 3:1, but need not be even ratios.

The herringbone pattern has a symmetry of wallpaper group pgg, as long as the blocks are not of different color (i.e., considering the borders alone).

Herringbone patterns can be found in wallpaper, mosaics, seating, cloth and clothing (herringbone cloth), shoe tread, security printing, herringbone gears, jewellery, sculpture, and elsewhere.

Timber sleepers in a herringbone pattern were used by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway where it crossed the Chat Moss bog.

Examples

Egyptian mats with herringbone pattern with two different colors	Salzburg, Austria pavement	Budapest, Hungary pavement	Brooklyn Nets' maple herringbone parquet floor at Barclays Center

Related tilings

As a geometric tessellation, the herringbone pattern is topologically identical to the regular hexagonal tiling. This can be seen if the rectangular blocks are distorted slightly.

[[File:Isohedral tiling p4-19.png	160px]]Parallelogram distorted	[[File:Isohedral tiling p6-8.svg	160px]]Hexagonal distorted	[[File:Isohedral_tiling_p6-13.svg	160px]]Hexagonal tiling

In parquetry, more casually known as flooring, herringbone patterns can be accomplished in wood, brick, and tile. Subtle alternating colors may be used to create a distinctive floor pattern, or the materials used may be the same, causing the floor to look uniform from a distance. Laying a herringbone floor is very challenging, since the multitude of small rows must be made to line up smoothly, which can be difficult in a room which is not perfectly flat. Small mistakes in a herringbone floor can be rather glaring because of the way the pattern lines up, so care must be taken.

Masonry also utilizes herringbone, often as an accent pattern on the sides of buildings and other structures. A floor or outdoor walkway made from stone or brick may be made entirely from herringbone, or herringbone stripes may be integrated into other patterns. Just like with flooring, the rows must be carefully aligned to maintain the integrity of the pattern.

References

(Page 476, Tilings by polygons, #19 of 56 polygonal isohedral types by quadrangles)

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