Mufajjar (Mlattash)
Hand-chipped (Tooled)
By hand with a chisel: small overlapping scoops in diagonal rows like fish scales, with a thin sawn margin around the stone. Comes fine or coarse.
- Method
- By hand
- Relief
- Medium
- Premium over sawn
- +2.5 JOD
- Suits
- Rustic facades, boundary walls and feature interior walls
- Available on
- 13 stones
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Stones that take this finish: Ruwaished، Ma’an، Ajlouni، Hallabat، Desert stone (Tel Hassan)، Basalt، Yellow travertine، Jamma’ini، Hebron (Khalili)، Beit Fajjar، Taffouh (Jerusalem Gold)، Qabatiya، Yatta
Compare with
Mufajjar (Mlattash) × Musamsam (Stugged)
The two finishes most often confused, side by side.
| Mufajjar (Mlattash) | Musamsam (Stugged) | |
|---|---|---|
| International name | Hand-chipped (Tooled) | Fine-chiselled (Stugged) |
| Method | By hand | By hand or machine |
| Relief | Medium | Light |
| Premium over sawn | +2.5 JOD | +2.5 JOD |
| How it is made | By hand with a chisel: small overlapping scoops in diagonal rows like fish scales, with a thin sawn margin around the stone. Comes fine or coarse. | Short, fine, parallel chisel strokes in rows like sesame seeds, by hand or by machine (stugged). The classic Amman and Jerusalem facade finish. |
| Suits | Rustic facades, boundary walls and feature interior walls | Traditional villa facades and the Amman house |
Monshar (Mamsouh)Matt (Mutfi)Mjalli (Mlamma)JildFurshayehMadroub RamlMattabehMattabeh KhishnehMusamsam (Stugged)Hazz ShaffHazz Tubb (Mumashat, Shahouta)Qishreh (Wajh al-Jabal)TubzehTrommel (Tumbled)
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