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A quiet living room

Soft colour, one verse at the centre and plenty of space around it.

  1. With Hardship, Ease · Ayat
  2. First Light · Hilal
  3. Gilt Field · Zellige · Line & Light
  4. Low Sun · Desert & Horizon
  5. Evening Horizon · Minimal
Ash-Sharh 94:5–6 as two lines in dark ink on parchment, divided by a single gold rule with a small gold lozenge.A slim pale crescent alone in a clear midnight-blue sky.A framed field of eight-point and four-point stars in a fine doubled gold line on night indigo, inside a double gold rule.A large sun sits half below a flat horizon, its lower edge cut by a dark red plain. The sky fades from warm rose at the top to pale cream at the line.A hairline of ink crosses the sheet about two-thirds of the way down. Above it the paper warms from pale oat to a soft dusk; below, a field of sand deepens towards the foot. Just above the line and right of centre hangs one slim gold crescent.

Entrance and hallway

A welcome by the door, then arches and light down the hall.

  1. The Basmalah · Ayat
  2. Arcade · Arches
  3. Fanous · Old Cairo Nights
  4. Fez Riad · Doors
  5. Threshold · Arches
Al-Fatihah 1:1 in cream inside a gold-edged sura-header cartouche on a midnight band, with small gold sunburst medallions on the vertical axis and a thin double gold frame around the page.A shaded gallery recedes into the distance, its round arches opening onto a row of cypresses and bright sand while patches of sun fall across the floor.A single hanging lantern with amber, teal and pink glass glows inside a carved niche, throwing small stars of light across the wall.A cedar door in a horseshoe arch, framed by a band of zellige tilework and sheltered by a small green-tiled roof, with potted plants beside it.A horseshoe doorway in a deep terracotta room opens onto a bright courtyard, and the sun lays a long band of light across the floor.

A prayer corner

Calm prints for the place you pray: the five daily prayers as five times of light.

  1. Fajr · Five Prayers
  2. Dhuhr · Five Prayers
  3. Asr · Five Prayers
  4. Maghrib · Five Prayers
  5. Isha · Five Prayers
Dawn over a quiet city of domes and minarets: the sky deepens from indigo above to rose at the horizon, with a thin crescent and the last stars still showing.A white colonnade of pointed arches at midday, each opening full of high blue sky and one holding the white noon sun, reflected in a polished stone floor.Afternoon light pours through a horseshoe arch and falls in a long patch across the floor, where an empty prayer mat lies in the light.From inside a dark arcade, three pointed arches look out over the sea just after the sun has gone down, the horizon still glowing and its light lying soft on the water and the floor.A night prayer hall: horseshoe arches open onto a starry sky with a crescent, lanterns hang between them, and rows of prayer mats wait on a polished floor that mirrors the light.

Garden colour

Jewel colours from the painted gardens of Persia, India and Istanbul.

  1. Bird of Paradise · Bird of Paradise
  2. Guldasta · Mughal Garden
  3. Tulip · Iznik
  4. Jasmine Trail · Nocturne
  5. Floral Border · Tezhip
A long-tailed bird with banded rose, saffron, turquoise and lavender plumes flies across a gold moon above peonies, lotus and tulips, among fine gold scrolls and small blossoms within a gilded frame.A cobalt vase of irises, tulips, roses and carnations standing in a turquoise cusped niche, set in a saffron wall sprigged with small flowers and framed by a border of climbing roses.One slender tulip in tomato red with a cobalt heart, rising on a straight stem between two long green leaves.Strands of common jasmine fall from the top of the sheet, pinnate leaves in pairs and star-shaped flowers opening along each stem.A broad midnight border of gold scrolls, hatayi blossoms and small pink, blue and white flowers, with star corner blocks, frames a twisted gold band and an eight-fold star field.

A child's room

Gentle moons, lanterns and sleepy animals for a nursery or bedroom.

  1. Bunny on the Moon · Moon Nursery
  2. Owl on a Branch · Moon Nursery
  3. Little Mosque · Little Ramadan
  4. Lantern Family · Little Ramadan
  5. Hanging Stars · Little Ramadan
A small cream bunny with pink-lined ears sits fast asleep in the hollow of a large golden crescent, eyes closed and cheeks rosy. Soft blue clouds drift below and tiny stars and twinkles fill the night-blue sky.A small brown owl with ear tufts, folded wings and a scalloped cream chest sits asleep on a branch that crosses the picture, a few leaves at its ends, with a large golden crescent, stars and soft clouds in the night-blue sky.A small cream mosque with golden domes and crescent finials sits on a green hill under a lilac evening sky full of stars.Three glowing lanterns, big, middle and little, hang on long golden threads against a starry night sky.Strings of crescent moons, stars and beads hang in rows across a pale blue sky, as a repeating pattern.

A study wall

Construction, pattern and science for a desk or bookshelf.

  1. Girih · The Pattern Atlas
  2. Zellige · The Pattern Atlas
  3. Four Praises · Kufi Murabba
  4. Shamse · Tezhip
  5. Star Families · The Pattern Atlas
A full field of ten-fold girih pattern: cream strapwork weaving over and under through lapis ten-pointed stars, turquoise pentagons and terracotta and gold pieces, with the faint tile edges beneath. Below or beside it the five girih tiles are laid out as a key: decagon, pentagon, rhombus, elongated hexagon and bowtie.A panel of zellige mosaic on the octagon-and-square grid: cream and lapis eight-pointed stars, turquoise kites, small terracotta and gold four-pointed stars and black corner pieces, every piece separated by an even line of pale grout, inside a black frame.Four glazed tiles in lapis, turquoise, terracotta and black, each carrying one phrase in square Kufic: Subhan Allah, al-hamdu lillah, la ilaha illa Allah and Allahu akbar.A scalloped gold medallion ringed with small blossoms, enclosing an eight-fold star rosette, with blue rays all round and a small pendant medallion above and below.A chart of four circular details, each centred on a star rosette with six, eight, ten and twelve points, drawn in lapis line with the central stars in terracotta.