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Two gold bands spiral out from a common base on a lapis ground, with a hatayi blossom rising between them and half-palmettes curling from their lower curves.
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Arabesque

Spiral Pair

No. 16 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeTwo gold bands spiral out from a common base on a lapis ground, with a hatayi blossom rising between them and half-palmettes curling from their lower curves.

What it meansPaired spirals curling away from a central bud are a basic arabesque figure, repeated in borders and at the heads of panels.

Where it worksSimple and calm, it suits a study, a bedroom or a pair hung together.

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

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A fine allover scroll in two tones of gold on ivory, framed by a thin gold rule.HalkarNo. 17
A gold-edged blue teardrop holding a single hatayi blossom on a slender stem hangs from a fine gold cord, surrounded by faint rays.PendantNo. 18
Ivory roundels ringed in lapis, each holding four split palmettes around a gold rosette, repeat across a turquoise ground.RoundelsNo. 19
Ivory scrolls with blue half-palmettes and pale blossoms cover a coral red ground in a mirrored repeat.Coral ScrollNo. 20
An illuminated headpiece in lapis and gold, with a domed crown, a plain ivory cartouche and fine blue rays running out into the margin; on taller sheets a field of pale gold scrollwork sits below it where the text would be.HeadpieceNo. 1
A scalloped lapis medallion of eight-fold gold scrolls and hatayi blossoms around a coral rosette, ringed by hundreds of fine radiating rays.ShamsaNo. 2
Four quarter-medallions of gold arabesque on lapis tuck into the corners of an ivory field, with a small rosette at the centre.Corner PiecesNo. 3
A deep blue panel with a gilded almond medallion of hatayi blossoms and split palmettes, two pendants, gold corner pieces and a border of small cartouches.Gilt BindingNo. 4

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