ataurique

English

Noun

ataurique (uncountable)

1. The use in art or architecture of a repeating decorative motif consisting of a vegetal or floral pattern, especially as formerly practised in Islamic Spain and North Africa.
   • 1992, Jerrilynn D Dodds (Ed.), Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain, page 109:

     Completing the decoration are stylized ataurique motifs distinguished by asymmetrical leaves.

   • 2004, Robert Irwin, The Alhambra, Profile Books, published 2005, page 122:

     The profusion of ataurique throughout the palaces reminds us of their interdependence with the gardens that they frame or look out upon.