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Hexagonal pierced lanterns hung in staggered rows on indigo, each with a small roof, ring and finial. Three patterns of piercing alternate, eight-point stars, a grid of dots and rings of small sparks, each lantern lit amber behind its brass and hung on its own thin rod.
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Pierced Lanterns

No. 9 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeHexagonal pierced lanterns hung in staggered rows on indigo, each with a small roof, ring and finial. Three patterns of piercing alternate, eight-point stars, a grid of dots and rings of small sparks, each lantern lit amber behind its brass and hung on its own thin rod.

What it meansPierced brass lamps have been beaten and cut by hand in the souks of Marrakesh, Cairo and Damascus for centuries; every maker has a favourite pattern of holes. Hung together they turn a ceiling into a night sky.

Where it worksA pattern print with warmth in every unit. For a kitchen, a stairwell or a room that needs an allover glow.

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2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
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 tall façade of horseshoe-arched windows in tight rows. Roughly half are lit, each showing a faint lattice of stars behind the glass, and the rest are dark indigo, so the lit windows scatter over the wall like a chart of stars.Lit FaçadeNo. 10
Fanous standing on their feet in a row along a dark wooden ledge: hexagonal, tall and round-bellied, from knee-high to the small tin ones children carry. Their windows make one line of light across a plum dark room, and each throws a soft ring onto the shelf.Lamp RowNo. 11
A narrow alley between tall walls, looking down its length to a small lit doorway at the far end. Four strings of lanterns cross overhead, growing smaller with distance; lit windows and two wooden doors line the walls, and a strip of indigo sky holds the crescent.The AlleyNo. 12
Small fanous lanterns drawn in gold line on deep indigo in a half-drop repeat, hexagonal, tall and round-bellied in turn, each hung on its own thin rod with an amber flame in its window.Fanous RepeatNo. 13
A slim black minaret rising the full height of the sheet against a starry indigo sky. Its shaft windows glow amber, lanterns hang beneath each of its two railed balconies, a small lit storey and onion cap close it and a gold crescent finial tops it, with a large crescent moon in the sky beside it.Minaret LightsNo. 14
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.Doorway GlowNo. 15
Three fanous lanterns hung side by side on indigo, a hexagonal, a tall and a round-bellied one, each wrapped in a soft radial glow of its own and lit amber behind its brass.Three FanousNo. 16
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

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