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Pair of Doors

1800-1900 (made)
Place of origin
Iran (made)

Pair of doors in painted and lacquered wood. Both consist of two small square panels at the top and bottom, with a middle oblong oblong panel, set within a moulded framework. The doors are decorated with medallions surrounding figural subjects, themselves surrounded by arabesque designs and inscriptions in Persian which border the outer mouldings of the panels.

Object details

Categories
Furniture
Lacquerware
Woodwork
Object type
Pair of doors
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Door
  • Door
Materials and techniques
Wood, lacquered, painted, and gilt
Wood
Brief description
Pair of doors, lacquered, painted and gilt wood, Iran, Qajar period, 1800-1900
Physical description
Pair of doors in painted and lacquered wood. Both consist of two small square panels at the top and bottom, with a middle oblong oblong panel, set within a moulded framework. The doors are decorated with medallions surrounding figural subjects, themselves surrounded by arabesque designs and inscriptions in Persian which border the outer mouldings of the panels.
Dimensions
  • Overall dimension in frame height: 130cm
  • Overall dimension in frame width: 130cm
  • Overall dimension in frame depth: 10cm
  • Weight: 108kg (Note: Weight taken from loan report in 2011)
Style
Qajar
Credit line
Given by Professor Percy Newberry.
Object history
Received as a gift from Professor Percy Newberry, of Igtham, Kent on 27th June 1933.
Production
An inscription on the doors gives the production date as 1102 AH/1690-1 AD. However, this is believed to be falsely archaising, and a 19th Century date is more likely.
Bibliographic references
  • Grube, E, 'Traditionalism or Forgery: Lacquered Painting in 19th Century Iran', in W. Watson (ed.) Lacquerwork in Asia and Beyond: Colloquies on Art and Archaeology in Asia No. 11 (London, 1981).
  • Fehervari, G, 'A seventeenth century Persian Lacquer Door and some problems of Safavid lacquer-painted doors', Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 32 (1969): 279.
  • L'Empire des Roses: Chef-d'oeuvre de l'art persan du XIXème siècle. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée du Louvre-Lens from the 28th of March to the 23rd of July, 2018, no.60 pp.66-7.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
W.9&A-1933

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Record createdJuly 19, 2000
Record URL
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