Mashrabiya is the traditional Middle-Eastern art of turned and carved wood latticework — openwork screens that give privacy and shade while letting light and air pass through. Our collection brings it to panels, doors, room dividers, cabinet doors, furniture and architectural woodwork.
Everything is hand-cut and assembled in solid wood and made to order to your exact size, pattern and finish — from a single cabinet door to a full room divider.
Every piece is handmade to order in solid wood — contact us for a custom quote on size, wood and finish.
How Ordering Works
Each piece shows a starting price for its standard configuration. A mashrabiya panel is priced by its area, the density of the lattice and the finish, so the same pattern can differ severalfold in cost between a small cabinet insert and a floor-to-ceiling screen — so we confirm the final price against your own dimensions before production begins.
The process is straightforward. Find a pattern in the collection you like, then send us the dimensions of the opening or the piece you need — along with the wood and finish if you have a preference. We come back with a price and a lead time. If you are working to a drawing or a site measurement, send that instead; we can work from either.
Because everything is cut to order, the pattern is not locked to the piece it appears on. A lattice you saw on a room divider can be made as a cabinet door, a radiator cover, a window shutter or a headboard. Browse the collection for the pattern first and the application second.
Patterns, Wood and Finish
The lattice itself is built two ways. Turned mashrabiya is made from small spindles shaped on a lathe and assembled into a grid, which is the older and more three-dimensional look. Carved or cut lattice is worked from solid board into geometric openwork, which gives a flatter, more graphic panel. Both are represented across the collection and both are made entirely by hand.
Most work is in solid beech, with walnut available where a darker, denser timber suits the piece better. Finishes are stained, painted or left unfinished — unfinished is worth considering if the piece is going to a joiner or decorator who is matching existing woodwork on site.
Denser lattice gives more privacy and less light; open lattice does the reverse. If a panel is doing a real job — screening a bathroom, hiding a radiator, dividing a room that still needs daylight — tell us what it needs to achieve and we will suggest a pattern density rather than leaving you to guess from photographs.
Where Mashrabiya Works
The most common uses are room dividers, window and door screens, cabinet and wardrobe fronts, radiator covers, and headboards. Architectural work — balustrades, ceiling detail, built-in joinery, reception and hospitality fit-outs — is quoted the same way and we regularly work with interior designers and contractors on it.
Lattice does something that solid joinery cannot: it divides a space without darkening it. That makes it useful in narrow hallways, in rooms with a single window, and in open-plan spaces where a solid partition would kill the light. Backlit, it becomes a light fitting in its own right — the same effect our pierced Moroccan lamps produce at a smaller scale.
It also sits well beside our other handmade lines. Carved lattice and mother of pearl inlay come from the same Levantine workshop tradition, and both work against plain walls where the pattern can be read clearly.
Living With Solid Wood Lattice
Solid wood moves with humidity, so a large panel needs a little tolerance built into its fixing rather than being clamped rigidly on all four sides. We allow for that when a piece is made to a stated opening — it is one of the reasons we ask for the opening size rather than the panel size.
Cleaning is a dry brush or a vacuum with a soft brush head, working along the lattice rather than across it. Turned spindle work traps dust in the shoulders of each turning, and a soft brush moves it far better than a cloth. Avoid soaking the wood, and keep painted or stained finishes out of prolonged direct sun, which will lift and fade them over time.