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A ten-pointed gold star ringed by turquoise petals and red points, all bound in interlaced ivory bands on a lapis panel, with a quarter of the same knot set into each corner.
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Ten-Fold Knot

No. 1 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA ten-pointed gold star ringed by turquoise petals and red points, all bound in interlaced ivory bands on a lapis panel, with a quarter of the same knot set into each corner.

What it meansTen-fold stars are the signature of girih, the strapwork of Persian and Seljuk ornament; here one ten-fold rosette is drawn exactly, its bands passing alternately over and under.

Where it worksA rich, centred piece for a living room, a study or above a console.

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A tall pointed arch sits in six nested bands of ivory, red and turquoise over a cobalt field of fine six-fold lines, with gold columns and two star rosettes in the spandrels.MihrabNo. 3
A tall glass lamp with a flared neck, a broad body and a high foot hangs on gold chains; its cobalt bands are pierced with rows of small stars and three large star windows, all lit warm from the flame inside.The LampNo. 4
An arcade of horseshoe arches on slender dark piers, every arch built of alternating terracotta and cream wedge stones, under a gold rule in a deep, warm hall.VoussoirsNo. 5
A symmetrical spray rises from two curling saz leaves to a red tulip at the top, with cobalt carnations, turquoise tulips and red rosettes on either side, framed in a blue border.Iznik Tulip TileNo. 6
A framed panel of white tiles, each with a cobalt rosette and red tulips pointing to its four sides and curving saz stems reaching to the corners, where quarter-circles meet in scalloped cobalt medallions; the frame falls on the tiles' own centre lines.Four TilesNo. 7
A framed field of lapis eight-point stars with gold centres, turquoise petals and small red four-point stars, bound together by interlaced gold bands.Painted CeilingNo. 8
A gold twelve-pointed star ringed by turquoise petals and red points, outlined in ivory within a dark circle on an ivory sheet, with a quarter of the same rosette in each corner.Rosette of TwelveNo. 9

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