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- Zellij (Arabic: زليج, romanized: zillīj), also spelled zillij or zellige, is a style of mosaic tilework made from individually hand-chiseled tile pieces...
- elaborate geometric and arabesque motifs in wood, stucco, and tilework (notably zellij). Over time, it made increasing use of surface decoration while also retaining...
- and architecture. These include kilim ****s, Persian girih and Moroccan zellij tilework, muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali pierced stone screens, ceramics...
- the 8th century, except for geometrical patterns in techniques such as zellij, which remain po****r in many areas. Modern mosaics are made by artists...
- and elaborate geometric and arabesque motifs in wood, carved stucco, and zellij tilework. Although Moroccan Amazigh architecture is not strictly separate...
- accommodate Notre-Dame de Paris or St. Peter's Basilica. The woodcarvings, the zellij work and the stucco mouldings are of elaborate and highly impressive design;...
- in manufacture, for example the small, almost mosaic, brightly colored zellij tiles of Morocco and the surrounding countries. The earliest evidence of...
- VII. Carved stucco (or yesería in Spanish) and mosaic tilework (zilīj or zellij in Arabic; alicatado in Spanish) were used for wall decoration, while ceilings...
- the hall was a fountain flanked by two water basins covered in delicate zellij decoration and fed with water spurting from silver sculptures of animals...
- Moorish architecture, including carved and painted wood, carved stucco, and zellij (mosaic tilework). The center of larger houses could also be occupied by...