“La Solería del Peinador de la Reina”, new piece of the month in the museum of the Alhambra

The Council of the Alhambra and the Generalife has chosen as new piece of the month the tile floor of the Peinador de la Reina. Every Saturday, from 12:00 a.m., in room V of the Museum of the Alhambra, in the Palace of Charles V, Alejandro Guillén Santoro will present all the qualities of this original and unique piece that is kept in this monumental complex. Admission to this activity is free.
The tile floor of the Peinador de la Reina, although incomplete, has kept enough fragments to allow the reconstruction of its original decoration. This piece is formed by several triangle-rectangles in which different topics appear, like the couple of man and woman that hold a nazari shield, two face-to-face swans or a knocked down rider. In addition, the motifs shown within a regular octagon of concave sides, follow a geometric pattern very characteristic of the ceramic decoration and plasterworks of the constructive moment of Muhammad V (14th century).