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A lattice window seen from a dim room, the sky glowing through it and its pattern pooled in gold across the seat below.
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Mashrabiya

Window Seat

No. 9 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA lattice window seen from a dim room, the sky glowing through it and its pattern pooled in gold across the seat below.

What it meansThe window seat inside a mashrabiya was where the household sat to read, talk and take the air, half inside and half out.

Where it worksSuits a reading corner, a bedroom or a quiet nook.

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

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Low floor seating along a plaster wall, with patterned sunlight falling on the wall above and two cushions, one teal and one terracotta, among the warm browns.MajlisNo. 10
Close horizontal wooden louvres in raking sun, crossed by a stile and rail that throw stepped shadows over the slats.LouvresNo. 11
A skewed patch of star-and-cross light on a deep brown wall, slipping down over the skirting onto the floor.Wall LightNo. 12
A courtyard basin seen from above, its stone edge crossed by crisp lattice light that breaks into wavering gold on the dark water.PoolNo. 13
A small hexagonal lattice glowing in a dark wall, its light falling as a pale honeycomb on the floor in front.Small WindowNo. 14
The front of a tall coral-stone house with stacked wooden lattice bays, shuttered windows and a lattice parapet against a strip of sky.FacadeNo. 15
A diamond-patterned patch of light folding across the corner where a plaster wall meets the floor.CornerNo. 16
Three shadows of the same small star screen on a sunlit wall, leaning one way, then upright, then the other.HoursNo. 17

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