Prisse dAvennes - Arabic Art in Color

Oval ceramic wall panel.

Stucco inlays on white marble (16th through 18th centuries).

Wall mosaics (15th & 16th centuries).

Details of wall mosaics in the mosque of Ahmed el-Bordeyny (17th century).

Panels and borders with carved-wood decoration.

Wall tiles in the mihrab (niche indicating direction of Mecca) of the mosque of Cheykhoun (14th century).

Details from mosaic facings and pavements (15th through 18th centuries).

Wall mosaics (12th & 14th centuries)

Wall mosaics (12th & 14th centuries).

Ceramic wall tiles from the Beyt el-Emyr (17th century).

Ceramic wall tiles: borders (16th century).

Ceramic wall tiles from the Qasr Rodouan (16th century).

Ceramic wall tiles from the pavilion of Mahou Bey (16th century).

Ceramic niche from the mosque of Ibrahym Agha (16th century).

Ceramic wall tiles from the mosque of Ibrahym Agha.

Ceiling areas in the mosque of Ahmed el-Bordeyny (17th century).

Ceiling area in the mosque or Ahmed el-Bordeyny.

Ceramic wall tiles from a hanout (mortuary).

Ceramic wall tiles from a hanout .

Detail from a ceiling (18th century).

Ceiling design based on eight-pointed stars.

Design of a heitha (textile wall covering).

Ceiling from Beyt el-Tchlby (18th century).

Painted decorations of doors and cabinets in the mosque of Qaytbay (15th century).

Ceramic wall tiles from the monastery of the Dervishes (17th century).

Ceramic tiles from the mosque/cathedral of Qous: tympanum and spandrels
(16th century).

Enameled tile tympanum and border from an arcade of the monastery of the
Dervishes (17th century).

Cut-out and appliqud paper, used as wall covering (18th century).

Cut-out and appliqud paper, used as wall covering (18th century).

Textile in a Utrecht (Netherlands) collection (14th century).