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Mashrabiya

Twenty studies of the wooden lattice screens of Cairo, Jeddah, Damascus and the Gulf, and of the patterned sunlight they throw across floors, walls, stairs, cushions and water.

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A long panel of patterned sunlight lying at a slant across a plain plaster floor, thrown by a two-leaf lattice window with a star transom above.Afternoon FloorNo. 1
A close view of a turned-bead lattice seen from inside, its balls and spindles dark against a bright afternoon sky.Turned LatticeNo. 2
A carved wooden panel of eight-point stars and crosses standing proud of a sunlit wall, its shadow and points of light falling beside it.Star and CrossNo. 3
A projecting wooden window bay on a pale coral-stone facade, with lattice panels, louvres and a carved crown, casting a deep shadow on the wall below.OrielNo. 4
Low evening sun drawn out through a small square-paned screen into long gold bars across a warm brown floor.Long LightNo. 5
A very close view of a diagonal turned lattice in strong sun, each wooden ball and spindle modelled in cedar light and shade against a dark interior.BeadNo. 6
Patterned sunlight breaking across a flight of plaster steps, the lattice shifting at every tread and riser.StairNo. 7
A small square of star-patterned light lying almost directly beneath its window on a warm plaster floor.NoonNo. 8
A lattice window seen from a dim room, the sky glowing through it and its pattern pooled in gold across the seat below.Window SeatNo. 9
Low floor seating along a plaster wall, with patterned sunlight falling on the wall above and two cushions, one teal and one terracotta, among the warm browns.MajlisNo. 10
Close horizontal wooden louvres in raking sun, crossed by a stile and rail that throw stepped shadows over the slats.LouvresNo. 11
A skewed patch of star-and-cross light on a deep brown wall, slipping down over the skirting onto the floor.Wall LightNo. 12
A courtyard basin seen from above, its stone edge crossed by crisp lattice light that breaks into wavering gold on the dark water.PoolNo. 13
A small hexagonal lattice glowing in a dark wall, its light falling as a pale honeycomb on the floor in front.Small WindowNo. 14
The front of a tall coral-stone house with stacked wooden lattice bays, shuttered windows and a lattice parapet against a strip of sky.FacadeNo. 15
A diamond-patterned patch of light folding across the corner where a plaster wall meets the floor.CornerNo. 16
Three shadows of the same small star screen on a sunlit wall, leaning one way, then upright, then the other.HoursNo. 17
A panelled cedar door with a turned lattice transom in a pale wall, crossed by the patterned shadow of a window above.Lattice DoorNo. 18
One narrow strip of beaded light crossing a dark floor from a slender lattice slit.Single ShaftNo. 19
Light from a pointed-arch lattice window stretched across a dark floor, with a star pattern in the arch and turned lattice below.ArchNo. 20
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