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A Solomon's knot on deep teal: a gold loop and a coral loop, two even bands crossing at right angles and passing alternately over and under, inside a dark roundel ringed with fine gold lines.
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Solomon’s Knot

No. 29 of 100 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA Solomon's knot on deep teal: a gold loop and a coral loop, two even bands crossing at right angles and passing alternately over and under, inside a dark roundel ringed with fine gold lines.

What it meansThe Solomon's knot is two loops linked so that they cannot be separated without cutting either one. Known from Roman and Byzantine mosaics, it appears across the Islamic world in stone, stucco, metal and cloth.

Where it worksA strong, simple plate for a hallway, a living room or a pair with the endless knot.

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

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An octagonal plan of a muqarnas vault on aubergine: rings of gold, cream, pink and teal squares and rhombi growing out tier by tier from an eight-pointed star of rhombi at the centre, every unit the same edge length.Muqarnas PlanNo. 33
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