Bookbinding

Unknown

18th–19th century · Leather; stamped, painted, punched, and gilded · Islamic Art

This book binding 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

18th–19th century

Medium

Leather; stamped, painted, punched, and gilded

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of Richard Ettinghausen, 1975