Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
1860
Basım Yeri
Syria (made) -
Konu
Jewellery Metalwork
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Length: 9cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
1548-1873
Kayıt Numarası
1548-1873
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1860
Notlar
This pendant was described as a âbutton for the cloakâ when it was bought for the Museum at the International Exhibition, London, in 1872, for three shillings and six pence. The word zir simply means button in Arabic. Although the use of silver buttons was discouraged by Islamic tradition, which forbade men from wearing precious metals as ornament, the use of silver buttons in the Syrian region was clearly widespread in the 19th century, as several examples in the V&A collections demonstrate.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver filigree set with a turquoise paste Silver Paste Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama
Spherical silver filigree button with a short length of doubled loop-in-loop chain attached to its shank. The button is decorated with granules and has a turquoise paste in a high cylindrical mount on its top.