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The base is hand-painted by Al Yarrar of Granada in an authentic Nasrid design with interlocking geometry and stylised flowers in turquoise, cobalt and jade, lifted with coral red and a deep saffron. It's worked in cuerda seca, "dry cord," where drawn lines of manganese and oil pen each glaze into its own compartment so the colours stay separate through the kiln and sit very slightly below the line. The method, and the palette, come straight from the tile schemes of the Alhambra. The new shade, saffron raw silk trimmed in Houlès passementerie, casts a warm light that sits easily with those Mediterranean colours.
About Al Yarrar
Bernardo Sánchez founded Al Yarrar in 1983 in the Albayzín, the old Moorish quarter of Granada, and it has become one of the leading Spanish workshops keeping the ceramics of Al-Andalus alive. Working from close study of surviving pieces, it remakes 13th-to-15th-century Nasrid designs with the genuine cuerda seca glazing, treating that Islamic inheritance as a craft still in motion rather than a museum piece. Collectors value the results for holding historical accuracy and present-day artistry together.