Egyptian glazed wall decoration, (1898). 'Wall decoration in faï wainscot of the 16th century in the mosque of Ibrahim Aga at Cairo, exemplifying a mixture of the Persian and Arabian styles, inasmuch as the predominance of vegetable ornamentation directly points at Persian influence'. Plate 22 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [ Batford, London, 1898]

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