تاريخ النشر
1800
مكان النشر
Turkey (made) -
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Height: 35cm, Width: 21 cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
311-1901
رقم السجل
311-1901
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1800
ملاحظات
By the second half of the sixteenth century, Ottoman woodworkers had begun to employ inlays of mother of pearl and tortoiseshell, two technically difficult to work materials. The mother of pearl plaques were frequently inlaid with black mastic to further emphasize their luminosity, and when paired with a darker wood, would only further enhance the bold decorative effect of the object. While this particular hand held mirror is not inlaid with tortoiseshell, the alternating pattern of mother of pearl with wood is reminiscent of earlier Ottoman woodwork, and reflects a decorative style popular within the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wood, mother of pearl, bone
Fiziksel açıklama
Wood frame decorated with a mosaic of mother of pearl, horn, bone and thin strips of wood. The ornament on the circular back consists of a star in the centre surrounded by a narrow and a wide border of lozenges radiating from the centre. The edges of the mirror and the handle are decorated with bands of triangular and lozenge-shaped pieces.
