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Arabesque

The endless scroll of Islamic ornament: spiralling vines, split palmettes and hatayi blossoms in lapis, gold, turquoise and coral, drawn after Ottoman, Safavid and Timurid illumination, bookbinding and carved stucco.

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An illuminated headpiece in lapis and gold, with a domed crown, a plain ivory cartouche and fine blue rays running out into the margin; on taller sheets a field of pale gold scrollwork sits below it where the text would be.HeadpieceNo. 1
A scalloped lapis medallion of eight-fold gold scrolls and hatayi blossoms around a coral rosette, ringed by hundreds of fine radiating rays.ShamsaNo. 2
Four quarter-medallions of gold arabesque on lapis tuck into the corners of an ivory field, with a small rosette at the centre.Corner PiecesNo. 3
A deep blue panel with a gilded almond medallion of hatayi blossoms and split palmettes, two pendants, gold corner pieces and a border of small cartouches.Gilt BindingNo. 4
A tone-on-tone plaster panel of mirrored scrolls and leaves, shaded as if carved in low relief.Carved StuccoNo. 5
One blue vine winds across an ivory field, putting out tendrils that end in half-palmettes, small rosettes and a single blossom.Single ScrollNo. 6
A symmetrical tree of blue scrolling bands, each tier curling out into a coil with a coral rosette, crowned by a hatayi blossom.Rumi TreeNo. 7
Fine gold scrolls, leaves and coral-centred blossoms repeat across a black ground within a thin gold frame.Gold LacquerNo. 8
Two bands, one lapis and one turquoise, weave over and under each other, enclosing blossoms and split palmettes.InterlaceNo. 9
A gold ogee lattice on lapis, each pointed compartment holding a hatayi blossom, with gold rosettes where the lines meet.Ogival TrellisNo. 10
A run of tiles: a turquoise border of scrolling vine and split palmettes between lapis guard bands and plain ivory tiles.Border StudyNo. 11
A single half-palmette at monumental scale, deep blue with a gold inner line and filled with a fine gold scroll and coral blossoms.Half-PalmetteNo. 12
A small split palmette on a slender stem, with two curling tendrils, drawn in blue on ivory.Split PalmetteNo. 13
A scalloped ivory medallion, mirrored on both axes, filled with blue scrolls and coral blossoms on a turquoise ground, with quarter rosettes in the corners.Turquoise MedallionNo. 14
A single stylised blossom in lapis, gold, coral and turquoise on a short stem with two curling leaves, set on a plaster ground.HatayiNo. 15
Two gold bands spiral out from a common base on a lapis ground, with a hatayi blossom rising between them and half-palmettes curling from their lower curves.Spiral PairNo. 16
A fine allover scroll in two tones of gold on ivory, framed by a thin gold rule.HalkarNo. 17
A gold-edged blue teardrop holding a single hatayi blossom on a slender stem hangs from a fine gold cord, surrounded by faint rays.PendantNo. 18
Ivory roundels ringed in lapis, each holding four split palmettes around a gold rosette, repeat across a turquoise ground.RoundelsNo. 19
Ivory scrolls with blue half-palmettes and pale blossoms cover a coral red ground in a mirrored repeat.Coral ScrollNo. 20
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