“To stripe a surface serves to distinguish it, to point it out,
to oppose it or associate it with another surface, and thus to classify it, to
keep an eye on it, to verify it, even to censor it. “
Throughout time, the stripe has had significance to society in a
variety of ways. “From prisoners' uniforms to tailored suits, a street sign to
a set of sheets, Pablo Picasso to Saint Joseph, stripes have always made a bold
statement. But the boundary that separates the good stripe from the bad is
often blurred. Why, for instance, were stripes associated with the devil during
the Middle Ages? How did stripes come to symbolize freedom and unity after the
American and French revolutions?”
Reference:
“The Devils Cloth: A History of Stripes” by Michel Pastoureau
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