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The Pleasures of Pattern

1968

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Hardcover copy with two book jackets and 240 pages. There is a clear plastic book jacket cover over the patterned book jacket. The patterned cover has a green background with a brown geometric design over the jacket. In the center of the front cover, there is printed white text [The / Pleasures / of Pattern]. At the bottom of the front cover, the author [William / Justema] is printed in white text. The book jacket front flap describes the book and has an image of the “Crazy Key” pattern that is used on the book jacket. The flap for the back cover describes each section of the book and has an “about the author” paragraph and photograph. Along the jacket spine is the author’s last name, title, and there is a logo cutoff at the bottom.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2016.26.5.20

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