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Walls and ceiling of the Damascus Room
(جدران وسقف غرفة دمشق)

Title	Walls and ceiling of the Damascus Room
Title Original	جدران وسقف غرفة دمشق
Publication Date:	1163-1215 AH / 1750-1800 AD with some paintings added dated 1372-1374 AH / 1953-54 AD
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Wood, painted, gold-plated, with metal leaves and transparent glass using the Ajami technique.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	متعدد
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	غرفة دمشق
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;40;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	1163-1215 AH / 1750-1800 AD with some paintings added dated 1372-1374 AH / 1953-54 AD
Notes	The Damascus Room is composed of 18th century (Ajami) wooden panels, four walls and a ceiling which originally decorated a reception room (known collectively as a hall) of the spacious courtyard of a house in Syria. It is a quintessential example of late Ottoman Syrian architectural embellishment that has been reworked to suit the twentieth century environment and the collector.
Sample Text	“Walls and ceiling of the Damascus Room” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;40;ar

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Walls and ceiling of the Damascus Room

(جدران وسقف غرفة دمشق)

Publication Date 1163-1215 AH / 1750-1800 AD with some paintings added dated 1372-1374 AH / 1953-54 AD

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Wood, painted, gold-plated, with metal leaves and transparent glass using the Ajami technique.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions متعدد

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID غرفة دمشق

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;40;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date 1163-1215 AH / 1750-1800 AD with some paintings added dated 1372-1374 AH / 1953-54 AD

Notes The Damascus Room is composed of 18th century (Ajami) wooden panels, four walls and a ceiling which originally decorated a reception room (known collectively as a hall) of the spacious courtyard of a house in Syria. It is a quintessential example of late Ottoman Syrian architectural embellishment that has been reworked to suit the twentieth century environment and the collector.

Sample Text “Walls and ceiling of the Damascus Room” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;40;ar