O riginally fine cottons from India used for dress or shirting and featuring usually stripes, checks or plaids.

Marl stick

A wooden stick about a metre long with cloth bound over at one end and tied with string, used to lean on and balance the brush when working at an easel.

Millefleurs

 Literally 1000 flowers(French).. Most often used to describe medieval tapestries where the backgrounds are studded with flowers. The Chinese use the a similar term to describe pictures using a multiplicity of flowers.

Mongrel

 Plaid design

Mosaic

 Where lots of small pieces make up motifs or even completely irregular patterns.

  Motif

 Identifiable element of a design can be naturalistic or absract.