A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE MAQAM IBRAHIM...
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE MAQAM IBRAHIM
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The midnight-black silk ground with three applied silk inscriptional cartouches, the upper cartouche embroidered with a strong silver metal-thread thuluth inscription on a plain lemon-yellow ground, above a red cartouche similarly inscribed, the lower half with an inscribed yellow silk cartouche, with embroidered foliate motifs around the cartouches, the sides with thin borders containing a similar continuous vine, a broad lower border containing an arcade motif with lancets above and below, mounted on a wooden board, in a gilt wooden frame
7ft.6in. x 5ft.2in. (227cm. x 157cm.)
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Private UK Collection
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A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE MAQAM IBRAHIM
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The midnight-black silk ground with three applied silk inscriptional cartouches, the upper cartouche embroidered with a strong silver metal-thread thuluth inscription on a plain lemon-yellow ground, above a red cartouche similarly inscribed, the lower half with an inscribed yellow silk cartouche, with embroidered foliate motifs around the cartouches, the sides with thin borders containing a similar continuous vine, a broad lower border containing an arcade motif with lancets above and below, mounted on a wooden board, in a gilt wooden frame
7ft.6in. x 5ft.2in. (227cm. x 157cm.)
Provenance
Private UK Collection
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Time, Location
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