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Bookbinding17th-18th century

Not on view
Tooled leather book cover with concentric rectangular frames surrounding a central panel of embossed Arabic or Persian script in cursive style, deep chestnut brown with wear at the edges
Title
Bookbinding
Place Made
Iran or India
Date Made
17th-18th century
Medium
Leather, blindtooled
Dimensions
10 11/16 x 7 3/8 in. (27.14x 18.73 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.567
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic