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Painted Leather Fragment
(Islamic World )
This is a fragment of a flat leather object. It may have been a book cover, but since no trace of boards or backing survives, this is problematic. The design was an all-over pattern of contiguous circles, painted in green with yellow outlines upon a deep red ground. A palmette was framed in each circle and a stylized floral design filled the interstices. A broad border used a "beaded" edging abnd stylized acanthus leaves painted in yellow outline.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
[Cairo]; Dr. Richard Ettinghausen [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1957-1958 | The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D.. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 7/8 x W: 7 7/8 in. (20 x 20 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Richard Ettinghausen, 1952
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
73.106