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Vibrant patterns and mosaics from various cultures, featuring intricate designs in tiles, stained glass, and tapestries, showcasing artistic traditions.

Portugal, Aveiro. Colorful azulejo tiles on the exterior wall of house.

Europe, Spain, Catalunya, Barcelona. Park Guell, architecture by Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). Mosaic detail.

Floral art pattern example of the Ottoman time

UK, Wales, Stained-glass window

Tapestry, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Vintage azulejos, traditional Portuguese tiles.

'Ornament on the walls, Hall of the Abencerrages', 1907. Interior decoration in the palace of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, which mainly dates from the 14th century. Colour plate 11 from "The Alhambra: being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration" by Albert F. Calvert. John Lane, London & New York, 1907

Portugal, Aveiro. Colorful azulejo tiles on the exterior wall of house.

Sidewall (France); block-printed, handmade paper; 31.5 x 29 cm (12 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

glazed ceramic tiles with stencilled decoration by Luís Bru Martínez (1868-1952) Spanish artist. Dated 1905

Vintage azulejos, traditional Portuguese tiles.

Zarzis mosque mosaics. Tunisia

Italian Renaissance polychrome ceramics, (1898). Examples of painted faïence: 'Figs 1, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15: Wainscot-plates on the staircase-walls of the house Nr. 26 in Via Luccoli at Genoa. Figs 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10: The same in the house Nr. 10 in Via S. Matteo ibid. Figs 16 and 17: Floor-plates from San Petronio at Bologna...In the manufacture of such tile-floors and wainscot-plates, the school of Della Robbia attained special celebrity, wherefore such plate-mosaics are frequently registered under the name of "Robbian ware".'. Plate 46 from "The Historic Styl

Court of the Lions - tiles, The Alhambra, Granada, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

Vintage azulejos, traditional Portuguese tiles.

Majolica-painted panel with frieze, artisanal work made by Ceramiche Desuir, detail, Santo Stefano di Camastra, Sicily, Italy.

Italy, Anagni, Detail of the marble mosaic of the Cathedral floor

Ottoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlays

Ottoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlays

Floral art pattern example of the Ottoman time

Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Mosaic beside the entrance to Mir I Arab Madrasah, Poi Kalon.

Closeup detail of old Portuguese glazed tiles.

Design for a coffered ceiling with alternative decorative patterns. Artist: Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897); Eugène-Pierre Gourdet (French, born Paris, 1820-1889). Date: 1840-97. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

arab mosaic agadir city morocco medina landmark arab mosaic detail Copyright: xZoonar.com/tudorxantonelxadrianx 7379639

Court of the Myrtles - plasterwork, The Alhambra, Granada, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

Frieze (USA); machine-printed; 61 x 21.5 cm (24 x 8 7/16 in.)

in iran the old decorative flower tiles from antique mosque like background

Ottoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlays

Wall Paper. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 29.1 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Helen Hobart.

Casco Antiguo, Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Historic decorative tiles on display at the Alcazar of Seville, a former Moorish citadel.

Cover of a round soup tureen, festoon style in blue and red, snake handle, Rouen. Couvercle de soupiere ronde, style rayonnant. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Emilie Pottier from Andre Pottier's Histoire de la Faience de Rouen, Auguste le Brument, Rouen, 1870.

Twelve-Pointed Star-Shaped Tile dated A.H. 846/ A.D. 1442-43 This starshaped tile with interlaced design once graced the walls of the west iwan (vault) of the Madrasa al-Ghiyäthiyya, a religious school completed in 846/1442-43 in the city of Khargird in northeastern Iran. This example was executed in the socalled cuerda seca (dry cord) technique wherein a greasy material separates the various colored glazes. During the firing process, the greasy line melts, leaving behind an unglazed band between the glazed areas. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #6711. Star-shaped Tile Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Twelve-Pointed Star-Shaped Tile. dated A.H. 846/ A.D. 1442-43. Stonepaste; polychrome glaze within black wax resist outlines (cuerda seca technique). Attributed to Iran, Khargird. Ceramics-Tiles

Floor mosaics over of more than 2. 000 m2 with perspective patterns and ornaments, Piazza San Marco with St. Mark's Cathedral, Basilica di San Marco, Venetian-Byzantine appearance, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Lagoon City, Veneto, Italy, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Border (France); block-printed on handmade paper; 86 x 37 cm (33 7/8 x 14 9/16 in.)

Ceiling Fragment, Tomb of Amenemhat Surer. Artist: Hugh R. Hopgood. Dimensions: Facsimile H. 35 cm (13 3/4 in); w. 35 cm (13 3/4 in); scale 1:1; Framed H. 37.1 cm (14 5/8 in); w. 40 cm (15 3/4 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Amenhotep III. Date: ca. 1390-1352 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

PLATO AGALLONADO CON FLORECILLAS ENCAJES Y MILANOS EN EL CENTRO EL ESCUDO DE FERRANTE I NAPOLES - MANISES - SIGLO XV. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Detail of the mosaic pavement, Petit Palais, Paris, France, Unesco World Heritage Site, Europe

Albaicin, Province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Colorful decorative tiles on a building.

Ceiling Pattern, Tomb of Qenamun ca. 1479-1400 B.C. New Kingdom Nina de Garis Davies This painting is the artist's restoration of a ceiling pattern in the tomb of Kenamun (TT 162) at Thebes.. Ceiling Pattern, Tomb of Qenamun 548305

Portugal, Viana do Castelo. Traditional hand painted azulejos tiles decorating a building in Viana do Castelo.

Turkey, Istanbul, Tiles

Turkey, Konya city, Ceiling of Merlana Museum

Polychrome tile, orange apples in quarter quad, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze lead glaze, in shape made baked glazed painted baked Tile. Orange apples in quarter quad. Diagonally placed decor. Large palm corner in recess technique On the sides two half orange apples.

Marble work, Norman Cathedral Santissimo Salvatore, Cefalu with picturesque old town, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Gold decorated dome, Salon de Embajadores, Salon of the Ambassadors, Real Alcazar de Sevilla, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Stained Glass Lunette from the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York. Culture: American. Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 63 in., 64lb. (76.8 x 160 cm)Framed: 34 3/4 x 68 7/8 x 2 in. (88.3 x 174.9 x 5.1 cm). Maker: John La Farge (American, New York 1835-1910 Providence, Rhode Island). Date: ca. 1880-82. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Example of Ottoman art patterns applied on stone

Medieval ornament

Detail of Portuguese glazed tiles.

Tile field, four tiles, orange, green and blue on white, flowerpot in square, corner pattern palmet, tiled field wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted

Star-Shaped Tile 13th-14th century This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a panel of star- and cross-shaped tiles adorning the walls of an Ilkhanid building. Likely produced in the ceramic center of Kashan, it depicts the waq-waq design of a plant whose tendrils develop into the heads of animals, a feature which came into Iran during the Seljuq period. The Persian text running along the border of the tile is an excerpt from the Shahnama in which Rustam, one of the tales great heroes, is engaged in battle.. Star-Shaped Tile 450427

Safavid dynasty Title pages from a Koran, Iranian (Persian) circa 16th-18th century.

Medieval ornament

Mesa de marquetería. Luis XIV. Detalle. Siglo XIX. Museo Maricel del Mar, Sitges. Barcelona.

AZULEJOS DE ARISTA CON DECORACION PSEUDOEPIGRAFICA ARABE REALIZADA CON CINTAS BLANCAS - SIGLO XV. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

azulejos, iglesia de San Pedro, iglesia mayor de Gouveia, siglo XVII, Gouveia,Serra Da Estrela, Beira Alta, Portugal, europa.

Meknes, Morocco, Africa, Ornate calligraphy in black on a stone wall, On the way to Fez, Africa

Detail of Japanese textile print

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DETALLE DEL MOSAICO ROMANO PROCEDE DE VILLA VEGA DEL CIEGO - REFERENCIA CONJUNTO 064691. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Intasien marquetry on a wall of the Taj Mahal

Pinturas murales de Can Castany, Mataró. Siglo XIX.

Africa, Morocco, Fes. Mosaic wall for fountain.

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Floor tile with green, brown and yellow decoration, ceramic, Ariano Irpino manufacture, Campania. Italy, 18th century.

Field of sixteen tiles with animals, anonymous, c. 1580 - c. 1625 Field of sixteen tiles (4 x 4) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green, brown and purple) painted animal inside a square. In the corners, filling technique ornament. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of sixteen tiles (4 x 4) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green, brown and purple) painted animal inside a square. In the corners, filling technique ornament. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica

Krefeld, Sollbrüggen House (music school), manor house by Adolph von Vagedes 1830, hall on the upper floor with paintings by Benjamin and Jakob Orth, detail of ceiling painting

Painted tiles, Casa de L'Ardiaca, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe, Gotisches Viertel, Barri Gotic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Emily Kam Ngwarray batiks, exhibition at Tate Modern London, Australian Indigenous artist from the Utopia community, located in the Northern Territory.

Soledad Sevilla/ Las tardes azules, 2021. Oil on canvas. 78 7/10 × 86 3/5 in | 200 × 220 cm.

Frieze (France); block-printed on handmade paper; 119.5 x 48 cm (47 1/16 x 18 7/8 in.)

Pietre dure Table; Unknown; tabletop 1580 - 1600; base 1825; Pietre dure and marble commesso (mosaic) top including breccia di Tivoli (or Quintilina), giallo antico, nero antico, breccia rossa, breccia cenerina, breccia verde, broccatello, bianco e nero antico, serpentine, alabaster fiorito and alabaster tartaruga, lapis lazuli, coral, rock and yellow and black jasper on a carved and gilt wood base; Object (top): 136.5 x 113 cm (53 3/4 x 44 1/2 in.), Object (base): H: 89.9 cm (H: 35 3/8 in.)

Ben Youssef madrasa (medersa), Marrakesh, Morocco. Reliefs and sculpted calligraphy.

Watercolor illustration of portuguese ceramic tiles pattern. Single square tile.

Sidewall, Leather, stamped, silvered, painted, Diapered field of varnished silver; scrolling acanthus foliage in green and white, with large red scroll., Holland, ca. 1700, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

polychrome roof panel polychrome roof panel, Mudejar domestic architecture, from between the 14th and 15th centuries. Archeological Museum. Úbeda, Jaén province, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21702669

Japanese lacquer-painting, (1898). Examples of lacquerware designs: 'Figs 1-50. Motives motifs for lacker-painting...Of all productions of Japanese art, lacker-ware has attained a high and well-deserved celebrity long since; for this work shows an unrivalled technical perfection resulting from a traditional manufacture transmitted in the course of centuries from generation to generation within certain families...The ground-material, consisting according to the intended purpose either of wood, layers of paper, papier-mache or plaited bast, after being smoothed on the surface by means of resin

The Royal Alcazars of Seville. Mudejar decoration. Spain.

Arabic lettering in a marble relief on the walls of Sala de las Dos Hermanas hall in the moorish palace Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Ottoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlays from Istanbul

Detail of the finely painted walls in one of the bedroom suites the Lake Palace Hotel, Lake Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Dalmática del Tern de Sant Valeri, 1215-1275. Museu del Disseny de Barcelona.

Ancient mosaics, ruined city of Stari Bar, originally from the 11th century, is one of the most culturally and historically valuable sites in Montenegro, Stari Bar, Montenegro, Europe

Tile 18th century. Tile. 18th century. Earthenware; molded decoration and glazed. Attributed to Present-day Pakistan, Multan. Ceramics-Tiles

Design for Ceiling with Plant and Arabesque Decoration. Artist: Charles Monblond (French, 19th century). Dimensions: 12 x 10 1/2in. (30.5 x 26.7cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mosaic of the seasons and the months. 3rd century Ad. Found in Hellin, Albacete, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

This is a detail of the Spanish tilework in the courtyard balcony. Casa de Aliaga is the oldest colonial mansion in Lima. The Alaiga family and their descendants have lived there since Francisco Pizarro granted the land to Jeronimo Alaiga in 1535.

Plate of the Month Stage Series - May (reverse). Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 70639-2 Decoration, May, Reverse, Serie Month, Tete, Crockery, Plate

Design drawing. Artist: Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834-1904 Mulhouse). Dimensions: sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm). Date: ca. 1883, based on earlier design. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66102

Ottoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlays

Painted wooden ceiling in the cathedral at Messina, Sicily, Italy, (1928). 'About 1150...Details of the painted wooden ceiling of the aisle...The building was commenced in 1098 and completed under Roger II. (1130 to 1154)'. After Matthieu-Prosper Morey. Plate LIV, fig 122, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928

Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Decorative Ceiling Of Dwelling.

Persian ornament

Mosaic designed for Antoni Gaudi's Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain. Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site 'Works of Antoni Gaudi.

Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, Immanuelkirche, wall painting on a pillar

Built in 1893, wall paintings in the choir by Adolf Quensen, St., Sankt, Saint

Turkish No 2 Plate XXXVII From The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones published by Day & Son London 1865

Antoni Gaudí / Vidriera del palacio Güell, Barcelona. 1888.

Mosaic designs from pilasters and dados in various parts of the Alhambra Date: 1868

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