Author
Unknown (made)
Publication Date
1700
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Cairo (made) -
Subject
Woodwork Africa Architecture
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 210.8cm, Width: 243.8cm, Depth: 10in
(Note: Measurement taken from âList of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884â. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 85)
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
899:1-1884
Record ID
899:1-1884
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1700
Notes
Large rectangular panel from a wall cupboard, carved from wood with doors and panels in geometric patterns, Egypt, Cairo, Ottoman Period, 1700-1800
İlişki
Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Carved wood Wood
Parçalar
Wall Cupboard Panel, Fragment
Fiziksel açıklama
Large rectangular panel from a wall cupboard, carved from wood with a symmetrical arrangement of two large doors, each decorated with a geometric motif consisting of rhomboid panels radiating from a central star, framed within rectangular panels and surrounded by small polylobed niches; the top part of the cupboard has a row of colonnaded polylobed arches, while the bottom has a band of rectangular panels.