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Title	Window
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1883
Publication Place	Tunisia (made) -
Subject	Stars
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 95.5cm, Width: 61cm, Depth: 5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1277-1883
Record ID	1277-1883
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1883
Notes	Glazed windows of this type, both plain and decorative, are found in traditional buildings in Turkey and the Arab lands. They are usually set at a high level, over unglazed windows that are sometimes covered by shutters and screens. This window was made for display at the International Colonial Exhibition held in Amsterdam in 1883. It consists of small pieces of glass of different colours arranged in patterns within a plaster framework. It provides a late example of Islamic geometric ornament, in which balance among the individual design components is no longer maintained. One element, the starbursts based on a sixteen-pointed star, is visually dominant.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Carved stucco and stained glass Stucco Glass Carving
Fiziksel açıklama	This Tunisian Islamic stained glass window is carved from a rectangular slab of stucco and backed with red, green, yellow, orange and blue glass. The design is based around an elaborate geometric star pattern. The perforations are carved with a downward slant to direct incoming back-light to the floor. The design is topped with a carved lobed arch.

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Window

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1883

Publication Place Tunisia (made) -

Subject Stars

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 95.5cm, Width: 61cm, Depth: 5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1277-1883

Record ID 1277-1883

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1883

Notes Glazed windows of this type, both plain and decorative, are found in traditional buildings in Turkey and the Arab lands. They are usually set at a high level, over unglazed windows that are sometimes covered by shutters and screens. This window was made for display at the International Colonial Exhibition held in Amsterdam in 1883. It consists of small pieces of glass of different colours arranged in patterns within a plaster framework. It provides a late example of Islamic geometric ornament, in which balance among the individual design components is no longer maintained. One element, the starbursts based on a sixteen-pointed star, is visually dominant.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Carved stucco and stained glass Stucco Glass Carving

Fiziksel açıklama This Tunisian Islamic stained glass window is carved from a rectangular slab of stucco and backed with red, green, yellow, orange and blue glass. The design is based around an elaborate geometric star pattern. The perforations are carved with a downward slant to direct incoming back-light to the floor. The design is topped with a carved lobed arch.