Editing Islamic art (section)

=== House and furniture ===
Older wood carving is typically relief or pierced work on flat objects for architectural use, such as screens, doors, roofs, beams and friezes. An important exception are the complex [[muqarnas]] and [[mocárabe]] designs giving roofs and other architectural elements a [[stalactite]]-like appearance. These are often in wood, sometimes painted on the wood, but often plastered over before painting; the examples at the [[Alhambra]] in [[Granada, Spain]] are among the best known. Traditional Islamic furniture, except for chests, tended to be covered with cushions, with cupboards rather than cabinets for storage, but there are some pieces, including a low round (strictly twelve-sided) table of about 1560 from the Ottoman court, with [[marquetry]] inlays in light wood, and a single huge ceramic tile or plaque on the tabletop.<ref>[[:File:WLA vanda Ottoman marquetry and tile-top table 2.jpg|Table]] in the [[Victoria & Albert Museum]]</ref> The fine inlays typical of Ottoman court furniture may have developed from styles and techniques used in weapons and musical instruments, for which the finest craftsmanship available was used.<ref>Rogers and Ward, 156</ref> There are also intricately decorated caskets and chests from various periods. A spectacular and famous (and far from flat) roof was one of the Islamic components of the 12th century Norman [[Cappella Palatina]] in [[Palermo]], which picked from the finest elements of Catholic, Byzantine and Islamic art. Other famous wooden roofs are in the [[Alhambra]] in [[Granada]].

[[File:Panel hunters Louvre OA 6265-1.jpg|left|upright=<!--size for low image-->1.3|thumb|Ivory with traces of paint, 11th–12th century, Egypt]]