1.   In place of European-style painted scenes, he used boldly patterned African fabrics, including his own bedspread, as backdrops.

2.   On the outskirts of every settlement there are open-sided wedding tents in brightly patterned fabrics known as pandals.

3.   Sequins and oversize paillettes give added interest to patterned fabric.

4.   Strongly patterned fabric samples with nubby textures and brilliant colors fill the cases of the first floor gallery.

5.   The extravagance of courtly life, evident in layer on layer of patterned fabrics, carpets and jeweled turbans, is transformed into a metaphor for cosmic order.