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Collections

Bookbinding16th century

Not on view
Islamic book binding opened flat, dark brown leather with dense gold-tooled arabesques, central oval medallions, and cartouche borders on both covers and a triangular envelope flap
Opened leather book binding with envelope flap, displaying dense geometric lattice decoration in orange, blue, gold, and black with interlocking lobed medallions and arabesques on a gilt-ruled ground.
Title
Bookbinding
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
16th century
Medium
Leather, stamped and gilded
Dimensions
26 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (66.68 x 36.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
38.14
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic