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Austrian puppet theater group: “The Caravan to Mecca.” Stopping in the Desert by Trentcinsky
(مجموعة مسرح عرائس نمساوية القافلة إلى مكة التوقف في الصحراء من قبل ترينتسنسكي)

Title	Austrian puppet theater group: “The Caravan to Mecca.” Stopping in the Desert by Trentcinsky
Title Original	مجموعة مسرح عرائس نمساوية القافلة إلى مكة التوقف في الصحراء من قبل ترينتسنسكي
Publication Date:	Around the beginning of the 1800s AD
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	paper plate
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	ARC.mx 570 علبة : 21 × 27.5 سم ، ARC.pt 401 : 25 × 40 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ARC.mx 570 / ARC.pt 401
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;19;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Around the beginning of the 1800s AD
Notes	With a desert landscape in its background and cut-out figures on wooden stands, this theatrical toy uses intricate detail and imagination to depict the stop of a Hajj caravan. With 45 cut-out figures and original packaging, the set was made by Matthias Trentensky (1790-1868), a retired army officer and printmaker who became the Emperor's first manufacturer of puppet theater toys. Miniature theaters based on popular plays were popular in the nineteenth century, especially in Europe, although this theater may have been produced as a result of increased admiration for the Arab world at that time. The artist was probably Theodor Jachimovicz, who studied drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and worked as a stage painter at the State Opera Hall. Trentinski exported his stage dolls to England through the London company A&S Joseph Myers and Co, based at 144 Leadenhall Street, exporters of goods and dealers in toys made in France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. It has been said that games produced for London can be of better quality than those intended for the Austrian market. Other theaters produced for A&S Myers included those closely associated with English themes such as contemporary pantomime. The set also includes an uncut version of the stage, which is a complete set of 24 paintings with 168 images.
Sample Text	“Austrian puppet theater group: “The Caravan to Mecca. Stopping in the Desert by Trentzensky” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;19;ar

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Austrian puppet theater group: “The Caravan to Mecca.” Stopping in the Desert by Trentcinsky

(مجموعة مسرح عرائس نمساوية القافلة إلى مكة التوقف في الصحراء من قبل ترينتسنسكي)

Publication Date Around the beginning of the 1800s AD

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject paper plate

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions ARC.mx 570 علبة : 21 × 27.5 سم ، ARC.pt 401 : 25 × 40 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ARC.mx 570 / ARC.pt 401

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;19;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date Around the beginning of the 1800s AD

Notes With a desert landscape in its background and cut-out figures on wooden stands, this theatrical toy uses intricate detail and imagination to depict the stop of a Hajj caravan. With 45 cut-out figures and original packaging, the set was made by Matthias Trentensky (1790-1868), a retired army officer and printmaker who became the Emperor's first manufacturer of puppet theater toys. Miniature theaters based on popular plays were popular in the nineteenth century, especially in Europe, although this theater may have been produced as a result of increased admiration for the Arab world at that time. The artist was probably Theodor Jachimovicz, who studied drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and worked as a stage painter at the State Opera Hall. Trentinski exported his stage dolls to England through the London company A&S Joseph Myers and Co, based at 144 Leadenhall Street, exporters of goods and dealers in toys made in France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. It has been said that games produced for London can be of better quality than those intended for the Austrian market. Other theaters produced for A&S Myers included those closely associated with English themes such as contemporary pantomime. The set also includes an uncut version of the stage, which is a complete set of 24 paintings with 168 images.

Sample Text “Austrian puppet theater group: “The Caravan to Mecca. Stopping in the Desert by Trentzensky” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;19;ar