reflet tile

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reflet tile (plural reflet tiles)

  1. (rare) A kind of decorative tile present in traditional Middle Eastern architecture, characterized by their reflet.
    • 1887, Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin, Persia and the Persians:
      The reflêt tiles in which a copper tint is prominent may be considered as generally coming from Nathenz; also those with a rich raised figure, or design, suggesting the conventional fleur-de-lis pattern.
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