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Dark charcoal-brown scrollwork and rounded lobes sit on a pale grey-blue ground, forming interlocking medallions with finer lattice-textured inserts at their centers. The motifs step into a staggered grid, with larger arched forms alternating with smaller quatrefoil-like clusters that repeat in a regular, rhythmic diagonal flow.
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