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Chest of drawers

العنوان	Chest of drawers
المؤلف	Unknown
تاريخ النشر:	1928
مكان النشر	Syria (made, probably) -
الموضوع	Christie, Agatha Mary Dame
النوع	أخرى
اللغة	غير محدد
رقمي	نعم
مخطوط	لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية	Height: 137cm (Note: Measured by MRO 30/06/23), Width: 118cm (Note: Measured by MRO 30/06/23), Depth: 57cm (Note: Measured by MRO 30/06/23)
المكتبة:	Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة	ME.76-2023
رقم السجل	ME.76-2023
موقع المكتبة	Middle East Section
التاريخ	1928
ملاحظات	Chest of five drawers, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, outlined by silver wire, and banded by bone and dark wood. An Arabic inscription on the top of the chest gives the name of 'Agatha Christie' and the date which is equivalent to 18 December 1928. Made in Syria (probably Damascus).
نص عينة	Agatha Christie 18 K 1 sanah 1928 Translation Agatha Christie 18th Kanun al-Awwal [December] year 1928 Note Kanun al-Awwal is the Arabic phrase used in the Levant and Iraq to refer to the month of December in the Gregorian (solar) calendar. K 1 is a type of abbreviation used in Ottoman official documents for months in the Hijri (lunar). The inscription indicates that the chest of drawers was made for the best-selling crime writer, Agatha Christie (1890-1976). 1928 was the year Christie travelled to the Middle East for the first time as an adult, following her divorce from her first husband.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	The bone used is probably camel bone, though this needs to be verified. The wood used to make the chest is probably teak. The metal wire outlining the design is probably tin. Mother of Pearl Bone Teak Tin Inlaid
Fiziksel açıklama	Chest of five drawers, Syria, 1928. The chest is fully inlaid all over the front with designs in mother-of-pearl, outlined by silver wire, and banded by bone and dark wood. The sides and top are of wood with a more restrained floral design inlaid with mother-of-pearl. On the top panel at the front of the chest is a bone plaque inlaid with an Arabic inscription in a bluish mother-of- pearl. This reads 'Agatha Christie' and the date which is equivalent to 18 December 1928.

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Chest of drawers

المؤلف Unknown

تاريخ النشر 1928

مكان النشر Syria (made, probably) -

الموضوع Christie, Agatha Mary Dame

النوع أخرى

اللغة غير محدد

رقمي نعم

مخطوط لا

الأبعاد الفيزيائية Height: 137cm (Note: Measured by MRO 30/06/23), Width: 118cm (Note: Measured by MRO 30/06/23), Depth: 57cm (Note: Measured by MRO 30/06/23)

المكتبة Victoria and Albert Museum

معرف أصل المكتبة ME.76-2023

رقم السجل ME.76-2023

موقع المكتبة Middle East Section

التاريخ 1928

ملاحظات Chest of five drawers, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, outlined by silver wire, and banded by bone and dark wood. An Arabic inscription on the top of the chest gives the name of 'Agatha Christie' and the date which is equivalent to 18 December 1928. Made in Syria (probably Damascus).

نص عينة Agatha Christie 18 K 1 sanah 1928 Translation Agatha Christie 18th Kanun al-Awwal [December] year 1928 Note Kanun al-Awwal is the Arabic phrase used in the Levant and Iraq to refer to the month of December in the Gregorian (solar) calendar. K 1 is a type of abbreviation used in Ottoman official documents for months in the Hijri (lunar). The inscription indicates that the chest of drawers was made for the best-selling crime writer, Agatha Christie (1890-1976). 1928 was the year Christie travelled to the Middle East for the first time as an adult, following her divorce from her first husband.

Malzemeler ve teknikler The bone used is probably camel bone, though this needs to be verified. The wood used to make the chest is probably teak. The metal wire outlining the design is probably tin. Mother of Pearl Bone Teak Tin Inlaid

Fiziksel açıklama Chest of five drawers, Syria, 1928. The chest is fully inlaid all over the front with designs in mother-of-pearl, outlined by silver wire, and banded by bone and dark wood. The sides and top are of wood with a more restrained floral design inlaid with mother-of-pearl. On the top panel at the front of the chest is a bone plaque inlaid with an Arabic inscription in a bluish mother-of- pearl. This reads 'Agatha Christie' and the date which is equivalent to 18 December 1928.