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A panelled cedar door with a turned lattice transom in a pale wall, crossed by the patterned shadow of a window above.
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Lattice Door

No. 18 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA panelled cedar door with a turned lattice transom in a pale wall, crossed by the patterned shadow of a window above.

What it meansLattice transoms above doors let air move through a house even when the doors were closed, a common detail in old Cairo and Damascus.

Where it worksFits an entrance hall or a passage between rooms.

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A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

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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
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

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