Editing Diapering (section)

==In art==
[[File:Diaper Flushwork (1608) at Bank Hall, Bretherton.jpg|thumb|Diamond or [[Lozenge (shape)|lozenge]] pattern diaper work from 1608 on the walls of [[Bank Hall]], Bretherton]]
In [[architecture]] and other [[decorative art]]s,  diaper is applied as a decorative treatment of a surface with a repeat pattern of squares ([[check (pattern)|chequers]]), rectangles, or [[Lozenge (shape)|lozenges]]. Diaper was particularly used in medieval [[stained glass]] to increase the vividness of a coloured pane, for example the field in a shield of arms.<ref>Boutell, Charles, Heraldry Historical & Popular, London 1863, p.36</ref> A stone wall may be decorated with such a pattern sculpted in [[relief]]; in [[brickwork]] the effect may be achieved by using bricks of different colours, or by allowing certain bricks to protrude from the wall's surface to create a regular diamond-shaped pattern. In English [[flushwork]], limestone and dark knapped [[flint]] are used. [[Architectural glass|Windows]] may be set in a diamond-shaped lattice.<ref name="vadnal">{{cite web|title=Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture: Diaper|last=Vadnal|first=Jane|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]]|url=http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/diaper.htm|access-date=April 11, 2010}}</ref> In the manuscripts the diapering was used as an alternative to the [[gold ground]] primarily from the late 13th to 15th century, eventually replaced by the landscape background.{{sfn | Osborne | 1970 | p=314}}

In Chinese [[carved lacquer]], a convention developed by which the areas of sky, water and floor or ground that would be left largely blank in paintings are filled in with discreet patterns derived from textiles, known as "diaper backgrounds" and also "[[brocade]]-grounds" ({{lang|zh|錦地}} {{transliteration|zh|jǐndì}}, {{abbr|lit.|literally}} ‘embroidery[-like] background’); this convention has continued to modern times.<ref>Garner, Harry. "Diaper Backgrounds on Chinese Carved Lacquer", ''Ars Orientalis'', vol. 6, 1966, pp. 165–189. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4629227 JSTOR]</ref> They are also used on porcelains, especially borders.