Variation of The Field

Variation Of The Field

In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture or a simple division of the field.

Read more about Variation Of The Field:  Patterning With Ordinaries and Subordinaries, Fretty and Trellisé, Semé, Tapissé of Wheat, Honeycomb, Masoned, Pappellony, Pied At Random, Folds, Diapering

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