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Arab-Moorish mosaic and glazed clay work, (1898). Creator: Unknown.

Arab-Moorish mosaic and glazed clay work, (1898). 'Arabian-Moresque - Mosaic Work, Faïence - Figs 1, 3 and 4: Wainscottings of glazed clay from the Alhambra [Granada, Spain]. Fig 2: Wainscotting of glazed clay from the mosque of the Cheykhoun at Cairo. Figs 5-7 and 9-11: Marble wainscottings inlaid with stucco from Cairo. Fig 8: Marble wainscottings inlaid with stucco from Damascus...Arabian and Moorish mosaics are made partly of small pieces of coloured marble, partly of small clay plates, painted and glazed. Sometimes...the designs are cut into the marble plates and the deepenings filled in with coloured cement. In these mosaics the geometrical principle predominates...These mosaics served for covering the floors as well as the lower parts of the walls'. Plate 27 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898].
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Title:
Arab-Moorish mosaic and glazed clay work, (1898). Creator: Unknown.
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Arab-Moorish mosaic and glazed clay work, (1898). 'Arabian-Moresque - Mosaic Work, Faïence - Figs 1, 3 and 4: Wainscottings of glazed clay from the Alhambra [Granada, Spain]. Fig 2: Wainscotting of glazed clay from the mosque of the Cheykhoun at Cairo. Figs 5-7 and 9-11: Marble wainscottings inlaid with stucco from Cairo. Fig 8: Marble wainscottings inlaid with stucco from Damascus...Arabian and Moorish mosaics are made partly of small pieces of coloured marble, partly of small clay plates, painted and glazed. Sometimes...the designs are cut into the marble plates and the deepenings filled in with coloured cement. In these mosaics the geometrical principle predominates...These mosaics served for covering the floors as well as the lower parts of the walls'. Plate 27 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]
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3832 x 5922 px | 64.9 MB
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32.4 x 50.1 cm | 12.8 x 19.7 in (300 dpi)