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Photograph

ca. 1910 (photographed)
Place of origin

A mounted and labelled black and white photograph of an ornamented circular leather plate with centre medallion and calligraphy.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph of a Turkish leather plate, 17th-18th century, gelatin silver print, ca. 1910
Physical description
A mounted and labelled black and white photograph of an ornamented circular leather plate with centre medallion and calligraphy.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 27.7cm
  • Mount width: 31.57cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'X. 190 / MUNICH: Ausstellung von / Meisterwerken muhammed- / anischer Kunst, 1910.' (printed label, upper left corner of mount)
  • 'VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM / LIBRARY' (blindstamp, upper centre mount)
Object history
This is a photograph of an object included in the Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art exhibition at the municipal exhibition ground in Munich's Theresienhöhe in 1910.
Subjects depicted
Other number
3515 (Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art exhibition, 1910) - Exhibition number
Collection
Accession number
737-1911

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Record createdNovember 20, 2019
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