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posted on 2023-04-04, 18:22 authored by The Griffith InstituteThe Griffith Institute
Photograph: Cairo. The corridor with carved wooden doors and screens or grills (mashrabiyas), in the Islamic Art Museum. The middle door comes from the Fatimid palaces (11th-12th centuries AD) and was found in the madrasa of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun.

History

Site

Cairo

Photograph description

The corridor with carved wooden doors and screens or grills (mashrabiyas), in the Islamic Art Museum. The middle door comes from the Fatimid palaces (11th-12th centuries AD) and was found in the madrasa of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun.

Photographer

Lekegian, G.

Date

c.1900

Signature and caption

'Phot. Art. G. Lekegian & Co. No 515 (Musée Arabe) Le Corridor-Objets en bois-Moucharabiehs'

Dimensions

24.3 by 18.4 cms

Archive reference

Somers Clarke MSS. 11.220

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