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Light from a pointed-arch lattice window stretched across a dark floor, with a star pattern in the arch and turned lattice below.
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No. 20 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeLight from a pointed-arch lattice window stretched across a dark floor, with a star pattern in the arch and turned lattice below.

What it meansThe pointed arch and the screened window often appear together in mosques and houses, the arch shaping the light as much as the opening.

Where it worksSuits a hallway, prayer corner or bedroom.

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3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

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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

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