A LITHOGRAPH OF 'VASES, MEUBLES ET INSTRUMENTS', FROM THE 'DESCRIPTION...
A LITHOGRAPH OF 'VASES, MEUBLES ET INSTRUMENTS', FROM THE 'DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE', OR 'RECUEIL DES OBSERVATIONS ET DES RECHERCHES QUI ONT ÉTÉ FAITES EN ÉGYPTE PENDANT L'EXPÉDITION DE L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE'
Printed by Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, France, 1809-1829
Plate GG from the État Moderne section, Vol. II, of the Description de l'Égypte, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to provide a scientific record of every aspect of Egypt during the French military campaign of 1798–1801, the plates illustrate a variety of everyday objects from contemporary Egyptian society, including Mamluk tents; furniture and decorative elements such as a berceau (carved cradle), wooden window panels, mosaic floors and tiles; domestic implements including a fly-whisk, a tortoiseshell spoon, a qalamdan (pen case), and other utilitarian objects, lettered in French.
67.5cm x 51cm
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A LITHOGRAPH OF 'VASES, MEUBLES ET INSTRUMENTS', FROM THE 'DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE', OR 'RECUEIL DES OBSERVATIONS ET DES RECHERCHES QUI ONT ÉTÉ FAITES EN ÉGYPTE PENDANT L'EXPÉDITION DE L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE'
Printed by Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, France, 1809-1829
Plate GG from the État Moderne section, Vol. II, of the Description de l'Égypte, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to provide a scientific record of every aspect of Egypt during the French military campaign of 1798–1801, the plates illustrate a variety of everyday objects from contemporary Egyptian society, including Mamluk tents; furniture and decorative elements such as a berceau (carved cradle), wooden window panels, mosaic floors and tiles; domestic implements including a fly-whisk, a tortoiseshell spoon, a qalamdan (pen case), and other utilitarian objects, lettered in French.
67.5cm x 51cm
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Time, Location
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