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A blue double door studded with brass under a horseshoe arch, framed by a teal band set with saffron stars, in a lime-washed wall. A brass ring knocker hangs on one leaf, a stone step runs in front and a pot of red geraniums stands on either side.
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The Blue Door

No. 14 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA blue double door studded with brass under a horseshoe arch, framed by a teal band set with saffron stars, in a lime-washed wall. A brass ring knocker hangs on one leaf, a stone step runs in front and a pot of red geraniums stands on either side.

What it meansPainted, studded doors set in tiled arches are the face of the traditional house in the old cities of Morocco and Andalusia: plain outside, a whole world within.

Where it worksFresh and welcoming; for an entrance, a hallway or a bathroom.

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A large round brass tray hung on a deep green plaster wall, engraved in rings: a border of fine dots, sixteen pointed petals, a ring of small stars and two nested eight-point stars at the centre. The portrait and landscape prints add a smaller copper tray.Brass TrayNo. 15
An eight-pointed star fountain basin seen from directly above, its white rim set in a courtyard floor of pale lozenge tiles with teal dots. Rings spread from the jet at the centre, and white orange blossoms and a few leaves float on the turquoise water.Star FountainNo. 16
An arched window in a plum room at night, its panes showing a deep blue sky with the new crescent and a few stars. Terracotta curtains are tied back on either side and a small teal vase of white jasmine stands on the sill.Moon WindowNo. 17
A round orange tree in a cobalt pot with a white star, standing in front of a pointed arch over a zellige dado on a saffron wall. The terracotta floor is laid in large tiles and three fallen oranges lie beside the pot.Orange TreeNo. 18
Blue-and-white Fez plates hung on a warm terracotta wall: a zigzag rim, a ring of scallops with teal dots and a cobalt eight-point star at the centre of each. The square shows a single large plate, the portrait two, the landscape three.Fez PlatesNo. 19
A deep clay room at night with three pointed windows high in its wall. Through them is the indigo sky with a scatter of stars and a new crescent, and their light falls from the foot of each window across the floor as a widening pale shaft, tinted with the sky and ending in the window's own pointed shape.Arches in LightNo. 20
A brass fanous lantern hanging on a fine chain inside a tall pointed niche in a terracotta wall. Light through its pierced panels falls as rings of small stars and dots across the niche, and a band of zellige stars runs below the sill.Lantern in the NicheNo. 1
A tall brass dallah with a crescent-beak spout and a stepped lid, standing on a pale table beside two small handleless cups of Arabic coffee and a plate of dates.Dallah and FinjanNo. 2

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