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A pointed doorway in a lime-washed wall, one studded blue leaf of its door swung open. Amber light floods out from inside and down three stone steps, and a brass lantern hangs lit above the point of the arch.
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Doorway Glow

No. 15 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA pointed doorway in a lime-washed wall, one studded blue leaf of its door swung open. Amber light floods out from inside and down three stone steps, and a brass lantern hangs lit above the point of the arch.

What it meansAn open door and a light left on are how a home says guests are welcome, and in Ramadan the door stands open from sunset until the tables are cleared.

Where it worksWelcoming, warm and architectural. For an entrance hall, where its meaning is literal, or a living room.

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A round brass lantern hung on a long chain in front of a large new crescent. The lantern's amber and the moon's pale gold overlap in one soft halo, and stars fill the indigo around them.Moon LanternNo. 17
A single tall cream candle standing in a dark room, its flame lit and its glow the only warmth on an almost black indigo ground.Last LightNo. 18
A great brass ring hangs low beneath a dark dome on chains that meet at its crown, carrying a circle of small glass oil lamps, each with its own flame; the far side of the ring glows dimmer, and the light pools on rows of carpet below.The Lamp RingNo. 19
A wooden oriel window of turned lattice juts out from a dark stone wall at night on stepped corbels under a crested hood. Lamplight from inside shows through every opening of the lattice, so the wood stands out dark against the gold, and the glow spreads over the stones around it.The OrielNo. 20
A single large fanous lantern hung from a hook inside a pointed plaster niche. Its windows glow amber, and the star-and-dot pattern cut into its brass is thrown onto the wall around the niche as a grid of light that bows outward and fades into the dark at the edges.The FanousNo. 1
A lantern shop after dark: hexagonal, tall and round-bellied lanterns hung from the ceiling on chains at every height, shoulder to shoulder, each glowing amber against a deep plum ground.Lantern ShopNo. 2
A façade at night, stacked with pointed windows. Most are lit amber from inside, many of them behind a diamond wooden lattice that shows dark against the light; a few are unlit, and one dark window holds a slim crescent.Glowing WindowsNo. 3

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