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Qamariya Gypsum Window Designer

Also known as قمرية

Qamariya Gypsum Window Designer: photograph by Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Fill a carved gypsum fan-light with coloured glass pieces to match a geometric template; light shines through and floods the room when the pattern is complete.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Yemen.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia.

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