Objects in the South Kensington Museum, wood leaf of a door made from fagments from the minbar of Sultan Lajin in the mosquee of Ibn-Tulun, Cairo
Photograph
late 19th century (photographed)
late 19th century (photographed)
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A mounted albumen print showing an object from the V&A collections
Object details
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| Title | Objects in the South Kensington Museum, wood leaf of a door made from fagments from the minbar of Sultan Lajin in the mosquee of Ibn-Tulun, Cairo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Messrs. Mawe & Co., Objects in the South Kensington Museum, captioned 'One leaf of a Door, made up of panles from Lajin's pulpit in the mosque of Ibn Tulun at Cairo. Wood modern neading of light colour filled with the original arabesque panels of dark wood carved in double relief, with ebony border. Small panels above and below carved with arabesque within geometrical border. From Cairo. Saracenic. Q.D. 1296. H. 8 ft. 8.5 in. W. 3 ft. 4.5 in. Bought (St Maurice Colln), 75l., albumen print, late 19th century |
| Physical description | A mounted albumen print showing an object from the V&A collections |
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| Object history | This photograph is from a set of photographs transferred in 1887 from the office of Robert Henry Soden Smith, (Keeper of the South Kensington Museum Library) to the photographic collection. |
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| Associated object | 891-1884 (Original) |
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| Accession number | PH.183-1887 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2015 |
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