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  • Detail of plaster decoration on a wall of the Itimad ud Daulah tomb, Agra, India, an example of early Mughal stalagtite wall ornament.
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  • Carved plaster and glass mirror decorative panel on a wall of the glass palace in the Red Fort, Agra, an example of Mughal stalagtite ornament.
    Mughal_stalagtite_ornament_IND200111...jpg
  • Floor pattern in the room of the Capitoline wolf sculpture is a meandering Greek key interspersed with dots and squares.
    Greek_key_pattern_ITA200901--0438.jpg
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : stone dry wall, some reused shaped stones
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200607_018.tif
  • Flint and stone mortared wall of a church in Suffolk, England, in shades of black, grey, and yellow.
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200701-0064.tif
  • Brick wall with horizontal stripes or layers of stone masonry in the Alhambra
    stone_wall_closeup_ESP201210--0235.jpg
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : Yorkshire dry stone wall made of both rounded and flat stones.
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200607_033.tif
  • Exterior stone wall of the amphitheater at Merida, with ashlar masonry pillar adjoining layers of roughly shaped rock in magenta, cyan, yellow, and grey.
    stone_wall_closeup_ESP201210--0028.jpg
  • Herculaneum : wall structure with variety of patterned stones & bricks forming a pleasant abstract design.
    stone_wall_closeup_ITA200610-118.jpg
  • Narrow courses of brick separated by wide courses of rough stone and mortar, in the Alhambra fortifications.
    stone_wall_closeup_ESP201210--0219.jpg
  • Well preserved medieval tiles in floor of Winchester Cathedral, in front of the altar.  Pattern of equal squares, each filled with a decorative motif, many different, some the same.
    Medieval_floor_tiles_PT200107-32.jpg
  • San Clemente, marble mosaic floor by the four brothers, known as the Cosmati from their father Cosmatus, between 1190 and 1235.  The floor is seen from a low angle to show extent and complexity of the geometric pattern.  Hexagons, triangles, circles, rectangles, squares, are set in a systematic close fitting design which I thought quite beautiful.
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  • Detail of the beading patterns on a dress of the flapper era displayed at the London Museum.
    Beaded_dress_ENG201012--1903.jpg
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  • The Palazzo Alberti-Corsi is a late 15th century town house or palazzetto.  It was eventually bought by an English art historian Herbert Percy Horne, who restored the residence to what he determined was its original state.  He left it to the state after his death.  The interior is fascinating and each room has a determined young security person who enforces "no foto."  However in one small room where the leaded window glas appealed to me, I managed a quick shot with my pocket Canon G10.
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  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : wooden barn door with rusted latch and peeling paint making a texture
    old_wood_barn_door_ENG200607_072.jpg
  • Cylindrical roof tiles, originals saved after the war, restored to Dubrovnik roofs supported on modern manufactured tiles underneath.
    Dubrovnik_restored_roof_tiles_HRV200...jpg
  • Siding detail of a derelict wooden barn in rural Virginia.  Its planks make rough horizontal parallels.  Unused, it still stands like an old old man.
    Rough_wood_parallel_PT2002-05-23.jpg
  • Woodpile in Maine, showing the rough angular ends of each log fresh from the axe.
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  • Cobblestones laid in a fan pattern on a medieval street in Alcala de Henares, Spain.  Shadowed legs and feet of two pedestrians at the top of the image.  Cobblestone pattern is confined to panels separated by strips of white marble.
    Cobblestone_fan_shape_ESP201210--236...jpg
  • Taj Mahal terrace laid with a pattern of white marble lozenge shapes inserted in brick colored sandstone
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_IND200111-3-14.jpg
  • Berlin Archaeological Museum, Nimrod gate, detail.
    Nimrod_gate_Berlin_SC199310-35.psd
  • Portal, Lincoln Cathedral, England, showing detail of pilasters on the left hand side of the entrance.
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  • Sicily : Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Shadow patterns on the seats and stairs, making an abstract semicircular design.
    Greek_theater_Segesta_ITA200610-197.jpg
  • Santa Maria in Trastevere, interior.  Pavement detail, marble inlay in circle pattern.  Cosmati style floor.
    Cosmati_tile_floor_ITA200901--0989.jpg
  • Santa Pudenziana, nave; Cosmati floor, close up showing pattern and shapes.
    Cosmati_tile_floor_ITA200901--0605.jpg
  • Rock formation at Wadi el Ain [ Ayn ], Oman.  Pattern of triangular shapes outlined by deep cracks, resembling a crazy quilt all over pattern of tiles.  Closeup, with little indication of scale.
    Rock_pattern_Oman_OMN200801--3646.jpg
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  • Seaweed..Seaweed.
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  • Looking up at a few maple branches where a scattering of brightly colored leaves still cling.
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  • Bark of a sycamore (?) in Aix-en-Provence.. saturation increased to bring out natural colors of the peeling bark.
    Tree_bark_PT200208-21.jpg
  • Close up of a tree trunk stripped bare of most of its bark.  A remaining trickle of bark dribbles down from the top of the image.
    Tree_trunk_bark_PT_1582.jpg
  • Close up of a fine bark pattern in vertical lines.
    Tree_trunk_bark_USA.VA200711--3421.jpg
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  • Winter: ice on fine blades of grass.
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  • Basket of rose petals and blooms offered for sale At the shrine to Bava Gor (Baba Ghaur) near Limbodra, Gujarat.
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  • Star anise in a market basket offered for sale.
    Dried_anise_IND201301--1268.jpg
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : wooden barn door with rusted latch and keyhole plate.  Thick peeling paint adds texture.  Beige, orange, and blue colors predominate sue to deliberate saturation of naturally occurring hues.
    Old-wooden-barn-door-ENG200607_072.jpg
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  • Pattern and texture of marble back of Dying Gaul statue
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  • Detail of the beading patterns on a dress of the flapper era displayed at the London Museum in 2010.
    Beaded_dress_ENG201012--1904.jpg
  • Black man's jacket ornamented with patterns of white buttons, on display in the London Museum.
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  • Bark of a sycamore (?) in Aix-en-Provence.  Its soft natural colors have been saturated a bit for emphasis.
    Sycamore bark PT200208-21.jpg
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