Butterfly paper, 2013

The paper that is shown here forms the bottom of a Chinese paper lantern. Such lanterns are often sold around this time of the year, being the Chinese mid-autumn festival. Such paper lanterns are made of rice paper, but with cardboard tops and bottoms. This card is covered with a decorated paper. For some reason, this decorated paper ( of which there are several varieties), always features butterflies. This one is a more elaborate example.

As you can see, a repeat in the pattern can be made out, but it is by no means complete. By my calculations, the pattern repeats itself every 14 centimeters.