Title

Arab-Moorish architectural decoration, (1898). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Arab-Moorish architectural decoration, (1898). 'Arabian-Moresque - Architectonic Ornament - Fig 1: Panel from the Alhambra [Granada, Spain]. Fig 2: Decoration in stone above a door in Cairo. Figs 3 and 4: Base and capital of a column from Cairo. Figs 5 and 6: Base and capital of a column from the Alhambra. Figs 7 and 8: Stalactites from Cairo. Figs 9 and 10: Corbels from Cairo. Figs 11-15: Pinnacles from Cairo...Here we meet the so-called Arabian feather, so very frequently employed, especially in the Alhambra...'. Plate 26 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G33_294

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License type

Rights managed

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62,6Mb (3,9Mb) / 12,5in x 19,5in / 3735 x 5855 (300dpi)

Keywords

building interior religious architecture stone arts Middle East carving country Egypt religion Moorish pattern art book Egyptian design decorative Arab Arabic Middle Eastern palace Islam Islamic Granada Alhambra ornament carved location century architectural inside vault symmetry floral interior design literature concept symmetrical B&W stylised flowered calligraphy Arabian interior decoration Architectural Feature Patterned Arabia 19th century Indoors black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector corbel TGN Unknown Dolmetsch Mizraim Hispano-Arabic BT Batsford H Historic Styles of Ornament B. T. Batsford Batsford B. T. BT B T B.T. B.T. Batsford B T Batsford H. Dolmetsch Heinrich Dolmetsch H. Heinrich H Dolmetsch stalactite vault Hoffman moresque