Borders Arabesque ,inc. For your home or special project Arabesque inc. designs and produces custom-made borders to fit your needs perfectly.
Tables Arabesque inc. provides walls, floors, and fountains with a galaxy of geometric, hand crafted zellij patterns
Installation
Installation is done by experienced master craftsmen with great skill and patience After we collect the zellij pieces needed for a project, a Maallem or master of zellij draws the design layout directly onto the ground. This process identifies the exact place for each piece of zellij .
each tile is placed upside down, the whole forming an overall design. An additional adjustment is usually required to make sure each piece fits snugly into its correct place
A sort of mosaic that uses pieces that are cut very precisely from a monochromatic enameled tiles after beings baked.
Zellij Design Process
Four main processes are essential to zelij production: clay extraction, tattooing, cutting, and finally on site installation
Cly extraction: Special clay from the region of Fez is mixed with water, and then kneaded by both hands and feet for an extensive period of time until the clay becomes flexible and homogeneous in thickness. Then 10 cm squares are cut into a thickness of 1 cm. The squares are placed in the sun until they get dry, and then baked in a special oven for their first phase.
Arabesque Moresque offers a new line of furniture based on a traditional Moroccan Andaloucian styles.
We design and create for our clients masterpieces where they can see the design and feel the craftsmen ship.
Producing a royal quality and design furniture is a philosophy that signs our product.
Arabesque Moresque own several workshops for production of carved and painted wood, tiles, Brass, plaster and furniture, our skilled employees in morocco use their incomparable talent to produce the highest quality of product .
Supervision during all phases of production are carried by Maalem ‘Master’ in the domain of specialty in small teams of ten to fifteen hand craftsmen Arabesque Moresque designers are involved in all process of production. We believe that our priority is client’s satisfaction.
Creating exceptional lightly fixture and door that enhance the decoration of buildings .The use of carved brass in buildings represented in huge chandeliers hanging from the center of mosque’s ceilings or dooms is essential to reflect the cultural or the religious value for places. Arabesque offers Elegant carved brass doors such as the doors for the royal palace of the king of Morocco in Fez as well as chandeliers, sconces, mirrors, and new lines of wood doors inlaid with brass.
Arabesque Moresque committed to design and hand crafted plaster using the traditional ancient craving methods
The plaster is applied in layers several centimeters thick over the surface to be decorated, then it is carefully smoothed By a Tarrah; Plaster layer master. Then symmetry and measuring points are drawn by Khatat; Drawing master, or Maallem. Which is the most difficult phase that requires the skills of a master craftsmen and usually done by the Maalem. A stencil is then used to produce the motif by a Nakash; carver.
The process of carving requires a great deal of experience, skills, and patience. The carver starts working on a very slow setting of plaster. Before the plaster gets too hard, the carver uses an iron tool to chisel the plaster at specific depths. . When it gets hard, water is applied on plaster to make it easy for carving. This technique of carving can be used in all kind of motif; calligraphy, geometry or floral arabesque
All phases of production and installation of Arabesque carved plaster are done on site including Muquarnas; Honeycomb vault. Every detail of carving and finishing are performed on site. Because of the flexibility of techniques used in carving on plaster, many decorations with difficult constraints are used on uneven surfaces.
Arabesque offers two main lines of decoration on wood
Arabesque offers two lines of ornamental styles on wood. Carved, or and painted wood on premium cedar wood. Arabesque decorative wood fits in ceilings, domes, friezes, as well as doors, windows, and Musharabiyyah.
The use of colors in Islamic art and especially in Moresque decoration is vital.
Whether in decorating a house, palace, or hotels, the use of well coordinated colors and Moresque decoration is always finding its place. Because of the beauty and the quality of Moroccan cedar wood, we use it in all our wood decorative styles and furniture. Our master craftsmen use their talent and experience to masterpieces of product applying Moresque decorative styles.
Arabesque Moresque, a one source provider of Moroccan andaloucian Zellij for building . Zellij is a sort of mosaic that uses pieces that are cut very precisely from monochromatic enameled tiles after being baked.
The use of Zellij is popular in walls, fountains, floors and columns.
The use of bright colors and geometric design patterns with interlace or double interlaces can be found only in prestigious buildings such as palaces , hotels, mosques, etc…..! that ornate the fountains in a courtyard of a villa . it's patterns are essentially geometric.
Floral Arabesque originated with the Islamic artists who observed nature faithfully, reproducing and interesting it with great accuracy
Abstract geometric forms are found throughout Muslim architecture in a stunning variety of combinations. The application of geometry*, or "tester", in Islamic patterns is a pure art our family has learned since the 8th century. Our ancestors settled in Morocco during the Islamic conquests of that time, and participated in the restoration of the Merinides Madrassa schools The Moresque style of architectural decoration handed down to us is closely related to the study of geometry. Our Naji ancestors developed these styles to a degree of complexity previously unknown, and transformed decorative geometry into a major art form.
Geometric decoration is the most vital of invention of Andalusian / Moroccan tradition .
Because of the profound reverence given by Muslims to the Qura’an calligraphic verses from the text are used to decorate walls and ceilings in religious building.
Because of Muslims' profound reverence for the Qur'an, the art of calligraphy was developed among them from the earliest times to a very high degree. The use of calligraphy in architecture is an element of decorating that has at all times unified buildings throughout the Islamic world.
There are two main styles of calligraphy used in architecture: cursive styles called Naskhi, which are often seen with floral arabesque decoration; and the more geometric styles, called "Kufi".Calligraphy is closely linked to geometry. It's often referred to as the "geometry" line, implying that the proportions of the letters, including the curved strokes, are all governed by mathematics.
Inscriptions on buildings are generally written in an angular, sober and monumental script. However, the ranges of variation between the cursive styles vary from century to century, and from region to region.
Muquarnas, or honey comb vault, is a traditional Islamic decoration developed at the beginning of the ninth century.
The international firm Arabesque specializes in traditional Moroccan styles of architecture and design. Arabesque is owned and operated by the Naji family, who has been involved in this craft for more than 750 years and has been recognized worldwide for their superior workmanship.
The international firm Arabesque Specializes in traditional Moroccan styles of interiors and furnishings. Arabesque is owned and operated by the Naji Family, who has been involved in this craft for mores than 750 years. The Naji's have been recognized worldwide for their superior workmanship
In corporation’s talent, experience, research, design, planning, and handcrafting to produce unique masterpieces with the highest quality
Arabesque Moresque vision is to become the world leader in Hispano Moresque architectural design, Decoration ornamental installation and Moroccan Andaloucian furniture production.
