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A dark diagonal lattice of beads and turned spindles, divided by a rail into two panels, stands in front of light that deepens from gold at the top to red at the bottom.
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Mashrabiya

No. 11 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA dark diagonal lattice of beads and turned spindles, divided by a rail into two panels, stands in front of light that deepens from gold at the top to red at the bottom.

What it meansA mashrabiya screen cools a room and lets people see out without being seen; the pattern is built from hundreds of small turned pieces.

Where it worksFor a west-facing room, or anywhere you want a window where there isn't one.

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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 single ivory band traces a twelve-pointed knot filled with green petals and a honey star on a terracotta panel, with small eight-pointed knots in cobalt and honey near the corners where the sheet allows.LaceríaNo. 13
Large ivory twelve-pointed stars with red star centres sit in a framed field on a triangular grid, with small gold stars between them and green pieces around, all tied together by interlaced dark bands with a pale core.Twelve and SixNo. 14
Under a cedar beam with its joist ends showing, a pointed window with a fine lattice stands open between two carved cedar shutters in plain plaster, above a frieze of small carved arches, a tiled dado of hexagons and six-pointed stars in cobalt, green and ochre, and a terracotta floor.Tiled DadoNo. 15
A planked double door in cobalt stands in a horseshoe arch framed by a chequered tile band and a teal surround; gold studs trace the edge of each leaf and form four round starbursts, with ring knockers at the meeting stile.Studded DoorNo. 16
Rows of stepped octagons, each quartered in ivory and orange around an indigo diamond, are threaded on dark lines across a madder-red field, with small diamond guls between them and an indigo border of running diamonds.GulNo. 17
Raised pale bands of lobed arches cross each other to make a diamond net on a framed sandstone ground, each band throwing a shadow down and to the right.SebkaNo. 18
A brass astrolabe hangs from its throne and ring against a deep blue ground; the rim is graduated in fine ticks, the plate engraved with circles of altitude that close in towards the zenith, and the openwork rete above it carries the ecliptic ring, twelve star pointers and a long rule.AstrolabeNo. 19

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