Model of a jali window screen in Ahmadabad mosque

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Ahmadabad (made)

This is one of four models of pierced window screens or jalis. Each model (Museum nos. 01130:1 to 4/(IS)) has carving on a tiny scale of a different pattern of tracery panels. They belong to a set that transferred to the V&A from the former India Museum in 1879. These models show details of mosque architecture in Ahmadabad, western India, where there are exquisite examples of stone tracery jalis from the 15th and 16th centuries. Jalis were set into the wall of a building and allowed cooling air to circulate.

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Categories	Architecture Islam India Museum
Object type	Architectural model
Title	Model of a jali window screen in Ahmadabad mosque (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Carved sandalwood Sandalwood Carved
Brief description	Four models of jalis or perforated window screens in Ahmadabad
Dimensions	Height: 10cm Width: 5cm Depth: 1cm
Object history	Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Wall Case 30.] '01,130. SLIDING SHUTTERS. Small, four, perforated sandalwood; Ahmedabad. 4,281'
Summary	This is one of four models of pierced window screens or jalis. Each model (Museum nos. 01130:1 to 4/(IS)) has carving on a tiny scale of a different pattern of tracery panels. They belong to a set that transferred to the V&A from the former India Museum in 1879. These models show details of mosque architecture in Ahmadabad, western India, where there are exquisite examples of stone tracery jalis from the 15th and 16th centuries. Jalis were set into the wall of a building and allowed cooling air to circulate.
Associated objects	01129(IS) (Shared Other number) 01129A/(IS) (Shared Other number) 01125(IS) (Shared Other number) 01126(IS) (Shared Other number) 01136(IS) (Shared Other number) 01135-0 (Shared Other number)
Other number	4281 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	01130:1/(IS)

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Record created	February 7, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74031/model-of-a-jali-window-architectural-model-unknown/

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