Agra, India
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 442 (p4).
- Contains one square.
- There is one non-regular reflective tile.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- The tiling satisfies the two-polygon condition.
- As drawn, contains about 51 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- PP Class 59, [p4,c4,c1], IH Class 28 of S J Dawes and B A Wichmann. A New Class of Tilings with Two Prototiles, Visual Mathematics, Vol 3, No 4., 2001. [dawes] {Revises CD/booklet.} Available on Internet.
- Page 106 (mirror image) (Cloth merchants' mosque, Tehran, Iran. Found in many Iranian mosques) of Javad Shafai. On decoration in Persian architecture and wood carving, Tehran, 1977. [shafai] {In Persian}
- Plate 28a (Agra, India) of Susan Stronge. Indian Architectural Designs, Harry N Abrams, Inc, 1989. ISBN 081093905. [stronge] {A collection of 30 screen designs from the Victoria and Albert Museum.}
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