Cairo, Door panel, wood and ivory
data208/CL49
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 9°.
- Contains 7 regular pentagons.
- Contains two regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 72°.
- There are 10 non-regular reflective tiles (including 3 kites).
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has 12 finite interlaces and no infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 741 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Plate 49 (Cairo, Egypt. Door panel, wood and ivory) of J Collin. EÌtude pratique de la deÌcoration polygonale arabe, Paris, 1911. ISBN . [collin] {}
Photographs
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