A GILT, GESSOED AND PAINTED `DAMASCUS ROOM`

Lot 114
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1033073
Lot 114 | A GILT, GESSOED AND PAINTED 'DAMASCUS ROOM'
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A GILT, GESSOED AND PAINTED 'DAMASCUS ROOM'

PROBABLY OTTOMAN SYRIA, DATED AH 1205/1790-1 AD

Comprising six red panels which form three walls, each decorated with floral sprays, four with double doors decorated with vases of flowers and bowls of fruit, two with open windows, each with calligraphic cartouches along the upper edge with Arabic poetry, together with five thin panels with a blue field decorated with scrolling gilt flowers and cartouches which alternate with landscapes and vases of flowers, with additional painted wooden components

The larger panels each approximately 8ft.5in. x 3ft.7in. (258cm. x 117cm.)





Provenance

Private Collection, UK, since 1950 (installed in house)



Literature

Amicia de Moubray and David Black, Carpets for the Home, London, 1999
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