In the thirteenth century, under the reign of the dynasty of Mérinides (XIII century -XVe) as woodworking reached its peak in the city of Fez. Arts and wood craft come in three broad categories: domestic wood, wood architectural and liturgical wood.
Working techniques are very varied; there are sculpture, engraving, assembly, turning, painting and mouquarnas technique known with the varieties that contain each of these techniques. It is the same for the woods used, the most common cedarwood, through the oak wood Thuya, the raw material in the timber is also very diverse.
Widespread in the kingdom, woodworking nonetheless knows some peculiarities in the city of Fez. Thus the painting on wood, and represent moucharabieh Fassi specialties.

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