Identifying feature
Decorative tilework Glazed ceramic tiles, fired clay with a glassy coating, used to finish walls, floors and fireplace surrounds. Examples include Portuguese and Spanish painted azulejos, Islamic geometric patterns and Arts and Crafts art tiles.
a sign of these styles Mughal c. 1526–1857 Bulbous marble or red sandstone domes on drums, pointed arches, small domed pavilions, and inlaid stone patterns. Noucentisme c. 1906–1931 White stuccoed or brick facades in calm classical proportion, with glazed tile accents and sgraffito, on schools and houses. Qajar c. 1789–1925 Brick palaces and houses with painted tile panels of figures and flowers, mirror work, tall arched portals and windcatchers. Russian Revival c. 1830–1917 Onion domes, steep tent-roofed towers, kokoshnik gables and patterned red brick or colored tile on churches and secular buildings. Safavid c. 1501–1736 Large tiled domes, vaulted iwans around courtyards, seven-color tile surfaces and muqarnas vaulting in portals. Seljuk c. 1040–1300 Tall carved stone portals with stacked-niche muqarnas, brick minarets with turquoise tile, domed tombs and fortress-walled caravanserais. Timurid c. 1370–1507 Huge tiled portals, ribbed turquoise domes on tall drums, and facades covered in glazed brick and mosaic tile. 
