Series: Cairo Atelier

A brilliant 16th-century Cairo workshop is responsible for this bookmark design. Though the name of that atelier has been lost to history, the detailed pattern and fine materials used show why books from the workshop were so highly prized. Today the original binding can be found in the collection of the Museum Kunstpalast in Dusseldorf, Germany.

A brilliant Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design, originally crafted in the early 1500s. Cairo and Damascus were at the centre of Islamic bookbinding and design, with Cairo itself having been home to a paper mill since the 11th century. Though the name of the original atelier has been lost to history, the detailed pattern and fine...

A brilliant Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design, originally crafted in the early 1500s. Cairo and Damascus were at the centre of Islamic book binding and design, with Cairo itself having been home to a paper mill since the 11th century. Though the name of the original atelier has been lost to history, the detailed pattern and...

Like an exploding supernova, gold tooling and intricate embellishments burst off this Midnight Star journal cover, inviting you to gaze into the cosmos. A brilliant Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design, originally crafted in the early 1500s. At that time, Cairo and Damascus were at the centre of Islamic book binding and design, with Cairo itself having...

Like an exploding supernova, gold tooling and intricate embellishments burst off this Midnight Star journal cover, inviting you to gaze into the cosmos. A brilliant Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design, originally crafted in the early 1500s. At that time, Cairo and Damascus were at the centre of Islamic book binding and design, with Cairo itself having...

A brilliant Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design, originally crafted in the early 1500s. Cairo and Damascus were at the centre of Islamic book<\h>binding and design, with Cairo itself having been home to a paper mill since the 11th century. Though the name of the original atelier has been lost to history, the detailed pattern and fine...