Bourgoin, Plate 10

Colouring of this pattern is complex. See also page 350 of Abas & Salman. See also Wade, page 23(3). Version in Stronge Plate 7 from Agra has smaller hexagons.

This pattern is a member of an interesting class of mathematical patterns. PP Class 105, [p6,c6,c1], IH Class 21.

Statistics on this tiling:

• Tiling has symmetry p6.
• Tiling has 2 polygons and 14 edges.
• Edges are completely connected.
• Tiling is not edge-to-edge.
• Tiling satisfies the two-polygon condition.
• Internal angles a multiple of 60°.
• Contains a (hand-produced) regular hexagon.
• Contains 2 non-regular polygons of which none have reflective symmetry but none are the reflection of others.
• Tiling contains 188 polygons.

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