That black Paramount looks great! The French seemed to favor 3X spokes, but I have otherwise seen mostly 4X lacing on 36-hole high-flange hubs on Austrian, Italian, and Japanese bikes of the 1960s and early 1970s. The English used a neat trick on the old 3-speeds, with a 40-spoke 4X pattern on the high-flange Sturmey-Archer rear hub and a 32-spoke 3X pattern on the low-flange front hub, using the same length of spoke.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069