Publication Date
1670
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Woodwork Architecture Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 40cm, Width: 36.5cm, Thickness: 1.3cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1478-1871
Record ID
1478-1871
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1670
Notes
The panel has been constructed from individual hand turned elements known as mashrabyah. Mashrabyah (or wood turning) is a craft used in Egypt to make projecting windows and items such as screens. This wooden panel is from Cairo in Egypt and was probably made in the 18th century, when Egypt was under Ottoman rule. It would have been used within a domestic space as a built in cupboard door. This wooden panel is part of a highly comprehensive collection of Islamic woodwork from Egypt, collected by the South Kensington Museum (later the Victoria and Albert Museum) between 1869 and 1884.
İlişki
Greville John Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Carved and hand-turned wood
Fiziksel açıklama
Screen created from individual hand turned wood elements joined together to form a square shaped screen.
