‎Daniel Sheets Dye‎
‎A Grammar of Chinese Lattice. complete 2 volumes‎

‎Cambridge Massachusetts 1937 Harvard University Press Hardcover 1st Edition ‎

Reference : 029959

‎Hardcover, 31 x 23 cm, 469 pp., English, 1st Edition, 2 volumes, Illustrations, book condition: Very Good. This is is a seminal work by Daniel Sheets Dye, first published in 1937 by the Harvard University Press. It is a comprehensive catalog of over 1,200 traditional Chinese window and grille designs collected over 20 years. rnKey DetailsrntAuthor: Daniel Sheets Dye (18841976), who spent decades teaching in West China.rntScope: Covers lattice patterns constructed between 1000 BC and 1900 AD, classifying them into 265 groups based on geometric foundations like parallelograms, octagons, and "ice-rays".rntSignificance: It is widely cited by modern graphic designers, mathematicians, and architects for its systematic investigation of parametric shape grammarsthe recursive rules used to generate complex patterns.rn‎