Mudéjar Art
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Mudéjar Professions
'Mudéjar mastery in this field can be seen in the perfect combinations of decoration and structure.'
The Mudejar craftsmen took on all manner of woodwork, from ceilings to furniture. They were known for their skill in carpintería de lo blanco (structural woodwork), leaving some of the most genuine creations in Spanish art: wooden ceilings and doors made of square-cut, ornately decorated wood that is constructed and decorated on the basis of a geometric pattern. Mudejar mastery in this field can be seen in the perfect combinations of decoration and structure.
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Alfarje ceiling
1350–60 Mudéjar
National Archaeological Museum
Madrid, Spain  
Both flat (such as alfarje) and gabled (such as armadura de par y nudillo) ceilings were decorated with complex interlacing, the component parts of which could be nailed to a single board (ataujerados) or assembled (apeinazados).
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