Stripe definition Oxford Dictionary

"...a long narrow line of colour, that is a different colour from the areas next to it..."

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stripe
A repeating line that differs in colour from the surrounding area.

Stripes are linear elements that are consciously and unconsciously identified as an abstract and abstracting principle across the most diverse cultures. This is because people recognise an aesthetic pattern with order and structure in the interaction between form and colour.
As the most elementary geometric structure, stripes create an immediately perceptible change in the aesthetic climate and evoke sensual aspects with the inclusion of colour: In a rhythmic structure with an exciting beat, stripes create a harmony with subtle balance and a pleasing effect. As an essential element of form and as a unit that can create a surface - as a line, as a stripe, as a bar - they convey an unmistakable expression of human activity and culture.

Stripes as an expression of culture

The relevance of stripes has a long tradition in the cultural development of mankind thanks to their creative potential and wide scope for design. They have been used as a design element in a wide variety of ways for thousands of years.
Stripe patterns were and are to be found at every stage as a cultural reflection.
Here are some examples:

Clothing / fashion

Even the Egyptians developed stripes as a symbol of power. A famous example of this is the decoration of Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and precious burial objects in the Valley of the Kings with the insignia of his power: the striped Nemes headscarf, as well as the crook and flail.

https://www.geo.de/wissen/fotogalerie-der-schatz-des-tutanchamun-30165152.html

During the French Revolution, the striped clothing of the Sansculots was a symbol of political upheaval and was adopted as a symbol of freedom in the stripes of the American flag in 1777. From around 1858, stripes became increasingly popular in the navy, especially when they became an official part of the uniform of French sailors. And even today, blue and white striped tops are associated with the sea, with freedom and the vastness of the horizon - tourists in Saint Malo, for example, can't get past the Breton "Marinières" and can't go home without them.

In the 20th century, the stripes became less and less symbolically charged and were worn by Picasso, Audrey Hepburn, Jeanne Moreau, James Dean, Coco Chanel in her emblematic collections, globalised by Jean Paul Gaultier and sexually connoted in the film "Querelle", among others; and these examples always have the ideas and feelings of freedom and independence in common; and always recurring in more or less strong movements that carry navy blue and white fashion waves in particular.

Architecture / Interior decoration

Numerous examples of architecture and interior decoration can also be found in the cultural-historical epochs up to the present day:
1. for the Moorish style:
The Mezquita in Córdoba: The horseshoe arches in the prayer hall:
https://mezquita-catedraldecordoba.es

2. for the Romanesque style:
Aachen Cathedral: https://www.aachenerdom.de

3. for the Gothic style:
The cathedral in Siena: https://operaduomo.siena.it

4. for the Renaissance:
The Vleeshuis in Antwerp: https://museumvleeshuis.be/nl

5. for historicism:
Speyer Cathedral: The west building in the Neuromaic style:
https://www.dom-zu-speyer.de

6. for the first half of the 20th century: Gio Ponti:
https://www.taschen.com/de/books/architecture-design/43148/gio-ponti/

7. for postmodernism in the second half of the 20th century:
James Stirling: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart: https://www.staatsgalerie.de/de andNo 1 Poultry: https://homepages.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/england/london/poultry/stirling.html
Mario Botta: La Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista a Mogno - Fusio:
https://www.chiesadimogno.ch/it
Daniel Buren: "Les Deux Plateaux", Palais Royal, Paris:
https://parisjetaime.com/ger/kultur/domaine-national-du-palais-royal-p991

Stripes in interior design at harryclarkinterior

To create a special dynamic in rooms, harry clark expands the design scope with stripes on walls and ceilings - because stripes as a whole create a harmonious image with revitalising simplicity and versatility.
As a design element, stripes define the structure of a composition with direct relevance to the overall colour effect, which can be worked out very subtly as a result.

Stripes give simple surfaces and shapes a more sophisticated complexity, making them more expressive and thus elevating them to a new aesthetic dimension - because the pattern adds a new, organising structure as a graphic element.
There is a suitable stripe for every interior: from pinstripes to a wide bar look, from monochrome to brightly coloured, from subtle to bold, from painted stripes to printed wallpaper, from tapestries to carpets.
With stripes, rooms take on their very own expressive character, each with its own refined aesthetic that is orientated towards the room and whose design is coordinated with the respective surrounding plan.