The subject of Islamic geometric design has been described in numerous ways:
Keith Critchlow’s Islamic Patterns and Syed Jan Abbas and Amer Shaker
Salman’s Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns, both highly esoteric
interpretations; Owen Jones’ Grammar of Ornament, Emile Prisse d’Avennes’
L’Art arabe d’apres les monuments du Kaire, and Jules Bourgoin’s Arabic
Geometrical Pattern and Design, all descriptions of drawing collections; and
even as a theme for countless “coffee table” books resplendent with glossy
photographs of exotic patterns and colors.
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences