| Theme |
| Design |
| Pattern |
| Subject |
| Main theme |
| Central idea |
| Design theme |
| Central theme |
| Design scheme |
| Overall theme |
| Musical theme |
| Unifying idea |
| Artist's theme |
| Repeated theme |
| Recurring idea |
| Unifying theme |
| Artistic theme |
| Dominant theme |
| Dominant design |
| Repeated design |
| Design linchpin |
| Recurrent theme |
| Recurring theme |
| Decorating theme |
| Decorative theme |
| Recurring symbol |
| Wallpaper design |
| Recurrent melody |
| Recurring design |
| Repeated pattern |
| Thematic element |
| Underlying theme |
| Recurring melody |
| Decorative design |
| Recurring element |
| Recurring subject |
| Decorator's theme |
| Wallpaper pattern |
| Decorating pattern |
| Decorator's design |
| Fleur-de-lis, e.g. |
| Thematic signature |
| Repetitive pattern |
| Decorator's concern |
| Literary recurrence |
| Decorator's creation |
| Fleur-de-lis, for one |
| Interior design theme |
| Wallpaper pattern, say |
| Beethoven subject e.g. |
| Repeated design element |
| Room designer's creation |
| Feature of much wallpaper |
| Interior decorator's concern |
| Interior designer's creation |