artesonado
Sign in to savethumb|180px|Artesonado in the Throne Room of the Aljafería in [[Zaragoza, Spain]] thumb|180px|Artesonado in the Tlaxcala City Cathedral, Mexico Artesonado or Spanish ceiling is a term for "a type of intricately joined wooden ceiling in which supplementary laths are interlaced into the rafters supporting the roof to form decorative geometric patterns", found in Spanish architecture. It is an example of Mudéjar style.
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thumb|180px|Artesonado in the Throne Room of the Aljafería in [[Zaragoza, Spain]] thumb|180px|Artesonado in the Tlaxcala City Cathedral, Mexico Artesonado or Spanish ceiling is a term for "a type of intricately joined wooden ceiling in which supplementary laths are interlaced into the rafters supporting the roof to form decorative geometric patterns", found in Spanish architecture. It is an example of Mudéjar style.
Artesonado decoration is usually in regular recesses between the rafter beams and the woodwork is gilded or painted. It originated in the Islamic regions of North Africa and Al-Andalus, as can be seen at the Nasrid palace of the Alhambra, and was introduced into the Iberian Christian kingdoms by Muslim craftsmen during the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. The name comes from the Spanish word artesa, a shallow basin used in bread making.