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The Damascus Room

العنوان	The Damascus Room
تاريخ النشر:	1785
مكان النشر	Syria (made) Damascus (made) -
الموضوع	Woodwork Architecture
النوع	أخرى
اللغة	غير محدد
رقمي	نعم
مخطوط	لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية	Height: 178cm, Width: 75.5cm (Note: Each door is 75.5 wide), Depth: 20cm, Weight: 35kg
المكتبة:	Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة	504:1, 2-1883
رقم السجل	504:1, 2-1883
موقع المكتبة	Middle East Section
التاريخ	1785
ملاحظات	The following excerpt is taken from Dorothea Duda. "Painted and lacquered woodwork in Arab houses of Damascus and Aleppo", in Lacquerwork in Asia and Beyond: Colloquies on Art and Archaeology in Asia No. 11, ed. William Watson (London: Percival David Foundation, 1981), pp. 247-9: There existed an old tradition of using lacquer for the final treatment of painted wooden surfaces in the Near East. The lacquer used probably came from the Mediterranean Sandarak cypress (Tetraclinis articulata), a fine scented resin having been exported to Europe by medieval Arab physicians for medical treatment and for burning as incense. More plentifully preserved are the painted and lacquered wooden interiors of the Ottoman period in both Istanbul and in Anatolia, in mosques, private houses and palaces. This style of decoration was transmitted from Istanbul to the whole of the Balkans and to the Maghrib. In Damascus and Aleppo alike, all houses had flat roofs. Also in Damascus the âataba (threshold) room rose above the roofs and received light from up there by rows of windows on all four sides. The houses had two floors, but the main liwans (halls) rose through both floors. So these rooms offered agreeable dimensions, and cooler ventilation in the summer. Marble panelling, relief ornamentation, mosaics, tiles and manifold patterns by incrustations of coloured pastes of plaster gave a serene and gay aspect to these old town houses, especially in Damascus. Again and again, from the 17th to the 19th centuries, European travellers were charmed by the delightful Aleppine and Damascene houses and enthusiastically described them in their reports. The inhabitants of these palaces were the pashas or governors of the Ottoman administration with their families, Syrian landowners, the gentry, and wealthy Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Armenian merchants.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Carved wood and painted; lacquered. Poplar wood with decoration in plaster relief, paints and metal foils.
Parçalar	Doors, Doors
Fiziksel açıklama	Two rectangular shaped wooden doors carved with lobed tops comprised of assembled panels and painted with diverse polychrome floral decoration. The large central panel on each door is decorated with a floral bouquet emerging from a vase set within a polylobed medallion and gilded floral sprays. Two squares at the bottom of each door along with the top portion are decorated with bands of isolated orange and red floral sprays. Colourful floral borders make up the remaining parts of the doors, with brass fittings and fixtures attached to each side.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Damascus Room

تاريخ النشر 1785

مكان النشر Syria (made) Damascus (made) -

الموضوع Woodwork Architecture

النوع أخرى

اللغة غير محدد

رقمي نعم

مخطوط لا

الأبعاد الفيزيائية Height: 178cm, Width: 75.5cm (Note: Each door is 75.5 wide), Depth: 20cm, Weight: 35kg

المكتبة Victoria and Albert Museum

معرف أصل المكتبة 504:1, 2-1883

رقم السجل 504:1, 2-1883

موقع المكتبة Middle East Section

التاريخ 1785

ملاحظات The following excerpt is taken from Dorothea Duda. "Painted and lacquered woodwork in Arab houses of Damascus and Aleppo", in Lacquerwork in Asia and Beyond: Colloquies on Art and Archaeology in Asia No. 11, ed. William Watson (London: Percival David Foundation, 1981), pp. 247-9: There existed an old tradition of using lacquer for the final treatment of painted wooden surfaces in the Near East. The lacquer used probably came from the Mediterranean Sandarak cypress (Tetraclinis articulata), a fine scented resin having been exported to Europe by medieval Arab physicians for medical treatment and for burning as incense. More plentifully preserved are the painted and lacquered wooden interiors of the Ottoman period in both Istanbul and in Anatolia, in mosques, private houses and palaces. This style of decoration was transmitted from Istanbul to the whole of the Balkans and to the Maghrib. In Damascus and Aleppo alike, all houses had flat roofs. Also in Damascus the âataba (threshold) room rose above the roofs and received light from up there by rows of windows on all four sides. The houses had two floors, but the main liwans (halls) rose through both floors. So these rooms offered agreeable dimensions, and cooler ventilation in the summer. Marble panelling, relief ornamentation, mosaics, tiles and manifold patterns by incrustations of coloured pastes of plaster gave a serene and gay aspect to these old town houses, especially in Damascus. Again and again, from the 17th to the 19th centuries, European travellers were charmed by the delightful Aleppine and Damascene houses and enthusiastically described them in their reports. The inhabitants of these palaces were the pashas or governors of the Ottoman administration with their families, Syrian landowners, the gentry, and wealthy Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Armenian merchants.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Carved wood and painted; lacquered. Poplar wood with decoration in plaster relief, paints and metal foils.

Parçalar Doors, Doors

Fiziksel açıklama Two rectangular shaped wooden doors carved with lobed tops comprised of assembled panels and painted with diverse polychrome floral decoration. The large central panel on each door is decorated with a floral bouquet emerging from a vase set within a polylobed medallion and gilded floral sprays. Two squares at the bottom of each door along with the top portion are decorated with bands of isolated orange and red floral sprays. Colourful floral borders make up the remaining parts of the doors, with brass fittings and fixtures attached to each side.