pattern book

English

Noun

pattern book (plural pattern books)

1. A book containing samples of patterns and designs of cloth or wallpaper.
2. A book of architectural designs.
   • 2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 43:

     The idea of standard designs is as old as Brunel's pattern-book series of Tudor and Italianate designs for the Great Western Railway in the 1840s.

Translations

A book containing samples of patterns

• Finnish: kaavakirja, mallikirja
• Russian: сбо́рник образцо́в m (sbórnik obrazcóv)

A book of architectural designs

• Finnish: mallikirja
• Russian: сбо́рник шабло́нов m (sbórnik šablónov)

References

• “pattern book”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.