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Its use also continued under the Safavids (1501-1732). After the Safavid capital moved to Isfahan in 1599 (under the instigation of Shah Abbas I), there was a greater use of the speedier cuerda seca technique, because Shah Abbas was impatient to see his many building projects built. The Shaykh Lutfullah mosque in Isfahan (built 1602) employs both techniques.","briefDescription":"Tile mosaic with floral design, Iran (probably Isfahan), 1450-1500.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Turks: a Journey of a Thousand Years, 600-1600</u>. Exhibition catalogue, edited by Filiz Cagman and Nazan Ölçer. Royal Academy of Arts, 2005."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Moya Carey, <i>Persian Art. 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