Bookbinding (Jild-i kitab)

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17th–18th century · Leather; tooled and gilded · Islamic Art

This bookbinding is typical of the objects that were displayed in open niches in reception rooms of upper-class Syrian residences during the Ottoman period

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th–18th century

Medium

Leather; tooled and gilded

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Anonymous Gift, 1974