Cupboard Door

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Cupboard Door

Egypt, second half of 13th century
Wood
Wood, carved ivory, and marquetry
36 x 10 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (91.44 x 27.31 x 3.81 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.31)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

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Ivory inlays were frequently combined with wood in the production of furniture and architectural fittings in late medieval Egypt. This elaborate method of fabrication, which used costly ivory and rare woods like ebony, required that individual elements, often of minute size, be cut, carved with intricate motifs, and then carefully assembled like a mosaic to form a larger unit of generally geometric design. It is difficult to say exactly how the present door functioned, but most likely it was one of a pair, perhaps for a cupboard set into the wall, in either a religious or a secular building.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Komaroff, Linda.  Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Los Angeles:  Museum Associates, 2005.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Collecting Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: A Curatorial Perspective. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues; LACMA, 2017.
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