Lanterns, khayamiya and copper, finished by hand in Alexandria
Pierced brass lanterns, hand-stitched khayamiya panels, mosaic glass shades, engraved copper trays and
embroidered cushion covers. Every piece below carries its size, material, finish and a fixed price in US dollars,
and leaves the workshop packed in a padded crate.
Hand-finished in AlexandriaPierced, stitched, set and engraved at the bench, then checked before packing.
Every piece priced and measuredHeight or width in centimetres and one price per piece, shown before you write.
Packed in padded crates for abroadWood slats, felt corners and a tracked carrier for every parcel that crosses a border.
Décor pieces only — no fitting or installationWe make and send the object. Hanging it, placing it and styling the room stay with you.
The price list
Featured pieces, with their prices
Eight items make up the whole list. Nothing is marked up for a season and nothing is marked down;
the figure beside each size is what the piece costs, and shipping is added by region on the order form.
Pierced brass lanterns
Three heights, one pattern family, for a candle or a plug-in fitting you supply.
Each line on the list comes from a different set of hands and tools. This is what each one involves,
so you know what you are paying for.
Piercing the brass
A sheet of brass is drawn with the pattern, then
cut through with a fine chisel and a light hammer, hole after hole. The holes are what make the lantern: they decide
the star and petal shapes it throws onto your walls.
Stitching khayamiya
Coloured cotton is cut into lotus, star and
arabesque shapes, laid onto a heavy cotton backing and turned under at the edge with tiny, close stitches. Nothing is
glued and nothing is printed.
Setting mosaic glass
Small pieces of amber, cobalt and clear glass
are set one by one onto a shaped brass frame and grouted, so the shade glows in a pattern of coloured cells once a
light is inside it.
Engraving copper
The tray is beaten into shape with a raised rim, then
the face is chased and engraved with a border and a central medallion. The folding stand is turned wood, pinned so it
lies flat when you are not using it.
Embroidering covers
Covers are cut from cotton or linen and worked
with a band or medallion of embroidery, then finished with a concealed zip along one edge. You add your own 45 cm
inner.
How we work
From your message to the crate at your door
El Momtaz Decor is a small Alexandria workshop and shop that makes and sells decorative pieces: the lantern, the panel,
the shade, the tray and the cushion cover. We are not a design studio and we do not come to your home. What we do is
narrower and, we think, better for it: we make a short list of objects well, describe each one exactly, and post it to
you in a crate that will survive the trip.
An order starts on the order form. You choose the pieces and quantities, tell us the country they are going to,
and the form works out the cost of the pieces plus the crate for your region. Nothing is charged at that point. We read
the request, check that every piece you chose is on the shelf in the finish you asked for, and reply by e-mail with
a secure payment link for the exact total. If something is not ready, the reply says so and gives you the date it
will be.
Once payment arrives, the pieces are given a last polish or press, photographed on the packing bench so you can see
the actual items going into your crate, and packed. Lanterns and shades are wrapped in felt and fixed in place with
blocks so they cannot shift; panels and covers are rolled around a card tube rather than folded, so the appliqué edges
do not crease. The crate is closed, labelled and handed to a tracked carrier, and the tracking reference comes to you
the same day.
What we value is the thing being exactly what the page says. If a lantern is listed at 48 cm, it measures 48 cm from
the base to the top of the cap, not counting the chain. If a panel is listed as hand-stitched, there is no machine
seam on its face.
What we turn down is just as plain. We do not plan rooms, choose colour schemes or advise on where things should
go. We do not hang panels, mount lanterns or connect lights. We do not buy or sell antiques. And we do not make
pieces in sizes outside the list, because a size we have not made before is a size we cannot price honestly.
Embroidery worked densely enough to stand up to daily use.
No interior design or room styling
No fitting, hanging or installation
No antiques or old pieces
No custom sizes outside the listed range
Questions
What people ask before ordering
Yes. Every lantern has an open collar in its cap, wide enough for a standard plug-in pendant set, which you buy locally so it matches the plugs and rules where you live. We send the lantern without any electrical part and we do not fit or connect one. If you prefer flame, each lantern comes with a removable glass cup that takes a tealight or a pillar candle up to 7 cm across.
Pieces leave Alexandria within three working days of payment. After that it depends on the region: two to four working days inside Egypt, five to eight around the Gulf and North Africa, six to ten for Europe and the United Kingdom, seven to twelve for North America and eight to fourteen for Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The shipping page has the cost for each region.
The pattern family is the same, because each size is drawn from one master template. The holes are not identical, because every one is struck by hand. Expect small differences in spacing and edge, which is how you can tell a pierced lantern from a stamped one. The light they throw is the same star-and-petal pattern.
Brass darkens because the air reaches it. Wipe it with a dry soft cloth every few weeks, keep it away from steam and salt air where you can, and polish it with a brass cream once or twice a year if you want the bright shine back. If you prefer the warm brown patina that comes with age, simply leave it; the metal is not harmed either way.
Yes. Tell us within 14 days of delivery and send it back unused in its crate within the next 14 days. Return postage is yours for a change of mind; the price of the piece is refunded to the card or account you paid with within five working days of it reaching us. The returns page has the details.
No. Khayamiya panels come in 60 × 60 cm and 100 × 150 cm, the two sizes our templates and backing cloth are cut for. Choosing between them, or hanging two smaller panels side by side, is the way to fill a different space.
A lantern for the corner that stays dark in the evening
Choose the piece and the size, see the price with the crate added, and we write back with a payment link. You pay
only once the workshop has confirmed that every piece is ready.
