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A wooden ceiling seen from below on ink: interlaced straps of light wood form eight-pointed stars and polygons painted red, green, blue and gold, framed by a frieze of small gold stars, with the flat centre set within four sloping sides divided by gilded hip lines and a star boss in the middle.
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Lacería Ceiling

No. 53 of 100 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA wooden ceiling seen from below on ink: interlaced straps of light wood form eight-pointed stars and polygons painted red, green, blue and gold, framed by a frieze of small gold stars, with the flat centre set within four sloping sides divided by gilded hip lines and a star boss in the middle.

What it meansLacería is the Spanish name for the geometric interlace of Andalusian and Moroccan woodwork. Carpenters built ceilings of this kind across al-Andalus and later in Mudéjar Spain, assembling the stars from many small pieces of wood.

Where it worksA rich, dark plate for a dining room, a library or above a bed.

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