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A tight field of teal eight-point stars whose tips touch, leaving cream cross shapes between them; one star is coral.
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Star and Cross

No. 2 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA tight field of teal eight-point stars whose tips touch, leaving cream cross shapes between them; one star is coral.

What it meansStar-and-cross tiling, eight-point stars set between cross-shaped tiles, lined palace and shrine walls in Iran in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Here the crosses are simply the ground left between the stars.

Where it worksCalm and orderly, it works in a study, a dining room or above a console.

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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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Coral bands curve from tile to tile across a sky-blue field, turning at random to make loops and long meanders; one tile turns mustard.Turning CornersNo. 3
Large tiles, each with one big quarter circle in a pair of sorbet colours, turned every which way; one tile holds a full circle instead.Quarter TurnsNo. 4
Cobalt tiles on cream, each holding the moon in a different phase, from a thin new crescent through to the last; where the full moon should be there is a mustard eight-point star.Moon PhasesNo. 5
A few large tiles, each holding nested eight-point stars in a different set of colours; one tile sits slightly askew.Eight FoldNo. 6
Round-headed arches in coral, pink, teal, mustard and cobalt stand tile by tile like a colonnade, each with a small star at its crown; one arch is pointed.ArcadeNo. 7
Big tiles of teal and cobalt, each holding concentric rings of coral, pink, mustard and cream in a different order; one set of rings has slipped off centre.BullseyeNo. 8
A small block of large tiles on a pink field, each a different bold motif in cobalt, coral, mustard, sky and cream; one tile has come slightly loose.Four SquareNo. 9
Striped tiles in mustard and teal on cream, turned crosswise in turn so the grid reads like woven cane; one tile runs on the diagonal in coral.BasketNo. 10

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