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A brass fanous lantern hanging on a fine chain inside a tall pointed niche in a terracotta wall. Light through its pierced panels falls as rings of small stars and dots across the niche, and a band of zellige stars runs below the sill.
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Lantern in the Niche

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What you seeA brass fanous lantern hanging on a fine chain inside a tall pointed niche in a terracotta wall. Light through its pierced panels falls as rings of small stars and dots across the niche, and a band of zellige stars runs below the sill.

What it meansLanterns lit in niches and doorways are part of the evening in homes across the Muslim world, and they come out in their thousands for Ramadan. The pierced brass casts the pattern of its geometry onto the wall.

Where it worksWarm, glowing and calm; for a hallway, a dining room or a prayer corner, all year round.

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A Moroccan pewter teapot with a long curving spout and a domed lid, set on a round brass tray with gold-banded glasses of amber tea and fresh mint, against a teal wall with a band of zellige and, on the upright formats, an arched alcove above.Mint TeaNo. 4
Three ripe pomegranates, each with its pointed crown, heaped in a shallow cobalt bowl banded with white stars, on a pale table against a deep olive wall; upright formats set the bowl before a shallow arched niche. In front lies a halved fruit, its seeds packed between pale membranes, with a few loose seeds beside it.PomegranatesNo. 5
A prayer rug seen from directly above, laid on terracotta floor tiles. Its madder-red field holds a pointed arch filled with a lattice of small diamonds and an eight-point star medallion, framed by an indigo border of small stars and fringed at both ends. The landscape print lays a second rug in teal beside it.Prayer MatNo. 6
A courtyard in the Andalusian manner: horseshoe arches in a plaster wall over a band of zellige stars, a white marble fountain in the middle of the paving and an orange tree in a cobalt pot on either side. Above the wall the sky turns from rose to evening blue.CourtyardNo. 7
A panel of glazed tiles set with fine grout lines. Two designs alternate like a chequerboard: a cobalt eight-point star on white, and a white lozenge on cobalt. Where four tiles meet, their corners make a teal and saffron roundel.Andalusian TilesNo. 8
A mabkhara, the tall footed incense burner, in dark wood banded and studded with brass, with glowing coals in its cup. Fine curls of smoke rise into a deep plum evening.BakhoorNo. 9

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