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Damascus Room

Object Name:: Period room
Date:: dated A.H. 1119/ A.D. 1707
Geography:: Syria, Damascus
Medium:: Wood (poplar) with gesso relief, gold and tin leaf, glazes and paint; wood (cypress, poplar, and mulberry), mother-of-pearl, marble and other stones, stucco with glass, plaster ceramic tiles, iron, brass
Dimensions:: H. 22 ft. 1/2 in. x 16 ft. 8 1/2 in. (671.6 x 509.2 cm), D. from inside front entrance to back wall 26 ft. 4 3/4 in. (804.2 cm)
Classification:: Wood
Credit Line:: Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, 1970
Accession Number:: 1970.170

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 461

Provenance

[ Asfar and Sarkis, Damascus, Syria , early 1930s; sold to Kevorkian]; Hagop Kevorkian , New York (early 1930s–d. 1962); The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation (1962–70)
See also
What
Metal (58,828)

Ceramics (29,350)

Sculpture (22,981)

Copper alloy (16,426)

Glass (15,858)

Gold (12,546)

Stone (7,984)

Wood (6,754)

Iron and iron alloy (6,739)

Glaze (4,955)

Iron (3,679)

Brass (3,465)

Reliefs (3,095)

Marble (2,123)

Softwood (1,164)

Plaster (826)

Mother of pearl (471)

Poplar (470)

Gesso (359)

Tin (332)

Stucco (295)

Cypress (19)
Where
Asia (68,258)

Syria (1,265)

Damascus (21)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (59,906)
In the Museum
Islamic Art (12,376)
Timelines from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Eastern Mediterranean, 1600-1800 A.D.
Essays from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Damascus Room

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