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Rahle

Title	Rahle
Publication Date:	1750
Publication Place	Syria (made) Damascus (made) -
Subject	Woodwork Islam
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Rectangular panel length length: 73.6cm (Note: Closed), Rectangular panel width width: 23.4cm (Note: closed), Width: 85cm (Note: Width when standing open), Height: 40cm (Note: Vertical height when standing open)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	411E-1880
Record ID	411E-1880
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1750
Notes	By the second half of the sixteenth century, Ottoman woodworkers had begun to employ inlays of mother of pearl and tortoiseshell, two technically difficult to work materials. This technique reached a very high standard under the Ottoman Turks after a court workshop was founded that specialised in mother of pearl inlay. New patterns were devised, and a combination of bone, mother of pearl and wood was used to inlay objects such as Quran stands, door, and boxes. This technique spread from Istanbul to Syria sometime during the late sixteenth century, after the Ottomans conquered Syria in 1516. Several artistic industries, including ceramics, were produced in Syria yet under the stylistic influence of the Ottoman court. These arts continued to be produced well into the twentieth century, until the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in 1922.
İlişki	Vincent Robinson
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wood inlaid with bone, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell.
Fiziksel açıklama	Qur'an stand composed of two leaves hinged together, each rectangular above and shaped below into a foliated arch, decorated on both leaves with a fine squares of alternating mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlay, and fine bands of bone and wood along the outer most edges.

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Rahle

Publication Date 1750

Publication Place Syria (made) Damascus (made) -

Subject Woodwork Islam

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Rectangular panel length length: 73.6cm (Note: Closed), Rectangular panel width width: 23.4cm (Note: closed), Width: 85cm (Note: Width when standing open), Height: 40cm (Note: Vertical height when standing open)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 411E-1880

Record ID 411E-1880

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1750

Notes By the second half of the sixteenth century, Ottoman woodworkers had begun to employ inlays of mother of pearl and tortoiseshell, two technically difficult to work materials. This technique reached a very high standard under the Ottoman Turks after a court workshop was founded that specialised in mother of pearl inlay. New patterns were devised, and a combination of bone, mother of pearl and wood was used to inlay objects such as Quran stands, door, and boxes. This technique spread from Istanbul to Syria sometime during the late sixteenth century, after the Ottomans conquered Syria in 1516. Several artistic industries, including ceramics, were produced in Syria yet under the stylistic influence of the Ottoman court. These arts continued to be produced well into the twentieth century, until the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in 1922.

İlişki Vincent Robinson

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wood inlaid with bone, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell.

Fiziksel açıklama Qur'an stand composed of two leaves hinged together, each rectangular above and shaped below into a foliated arch, decorated on both leaves with a fine squares of alternating mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlay, and fine bands of bone and wood along the outer most edges.