There are three possible titles for this design, the first two are simply descriptive, that is, CUBE LATTICE, a compressed variation of the pattern which appeared in the late 19th c. Ladies Art Company Catalogue, also CUBES AND TILE, which means the same thing. Finally Cabot's title here, a wonderfully poetic and upbeat name: IDLE MOMENTS. And what a perfect reflection of the pattern, that name would seem to be, with so many different facets, geometrically full of moment to moment integrity.

Beyond geometry, for a delightful image of an idle moment in real life, there's a famous poem by Emily Dickinson, celebrating the idleness of the June bee, she says:

His Feet are shod with Gauze —
His Helmet, is of Gold,
His Breast, a Single Onyx
With Chrysophrase, inlaid.

His Labor is a Chant —
His Idleness — a Tune —
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of Noon!