The Decor

The house is decorated in traditional style, with an amazing opulence of surface decoration and colour. There must be a kilometre of Gibb’s Frieze, surrounding every door and window and running at dado height around the walls.

The courtyard is paved with cut and patterned terra cotta tiles, and the pillars of the verandah and three of the four fountains are clad in Zillig Fessi – a mosaic of tiny glazed pieces, cut with hammer and chisel from 6” square coloured tiles made in Fez.

Several of the ceilings are beautifully painted, also the huge double doors and much of the furniture, and some of the doors are carved and coloured in the Berber style.

The windows are discreetly veiled by the original lacelike wrought iron panels, conferring invisibility on those within.