To avoid confusing you, consider them simple square patterns that can really be used in countless ways. In their original version in the book, they were colored black, so the color choices that you can see in the picture are actually ours. And one more thing - although the word ’tiles’ itself speaks of a possible purpose, it should be noted that such designs are very suitable to be repeated many times and decorate large surfaces (’repeating patterns’).We have found it in an old book (The Decorator's assistant, Published 1847) and named them after the inscription beneath the image of the designs.