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Kilim carpets
Girih
Banna’i
Zellige
Muqarnas
Jali
Ceramics
KILIM
CARPETS
Kilim carpets are flat tapestry woven
carpets for the household or for prayer.
Kilim Carpets
GIRIH
Girih is a Persian Islamic decorative art form
used in architecture and handicrafts
consisting of geometric lines that form an
interlaced strapwork.
Persian Girih
Shah-i-Zinda
Samarkand
BANNA’I
Banna’i is an architectural decorative art in
which glazed tiles are alternated with plain
bricks to create geometric patterns over the
surface of a wall to spell out sacred names
or phrases. This was popular in Iran and
Central Asia.
repeated,
overlapped and
interlaced
Great Mosque of
Kairouan, Tunisia, 8th
Century
PATTERN
FORMATION-
MIDDLE
STAGE
The middle stage led to the
development of 6 – 8
pointed stars and
becoming widespread
throughout the Islamic
world.
12-fold rosettes,
Wooden minbar, Turkey
PATTERN
FORMATION-
LATE STAGE
More complex patterns
characterise this stage seeing
the use of the 16-point
pattern found in Egypt and
the Alhambra.