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A POLYCHROME PAINTED AND RELIEF CARVED DAMASCUS ROOM
SYRIA, 19TH CENTURY
A POLYCHROME PAINTED AND RELIEF CARVED DAMASCUS ROOM SYRIA, 19TH CENTURY The room presently arranged in two sections, one comprising original ceiling arranged around a large gilt moulded pendant centerpiece, niche alcove and two side shelving panels, the other section retaining the three original walls with five two-doored cupboards (including two contemporaneous but associated) and four shelving panels (two replacements), all of the surfaces ornately carved and decorated with gilt and polychrome stucco and paint with an array of arabesques, floral and architectural designs and fruit-baskets some arranged in cusped vignettes, mirrored panels surmounted by heavy gilt arabesques formed of raised rounded moulding adorn the upper walls and ceiling, the cornice with a series of inverted tughras giving the name of the Sufi Master 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, a further tughra but not inverted decorates the niche, sold with replacement ceiling, two later door frames and a series of panels including one probably conceived to fit opposite the niche Section under the original ceiling 12ft.9½in. (390cm.) long, 16ft 7/8in. (490cm.) wide, 12ft.8½in. (387cm.) height to bottom of cornice; niche 10ft.9 7/8in. (330cm.) high, 3ft.3 7/8in. (101cm.) wide; other room 12ft.9½in. (390cm.) long, 16ft 7/8in. (490cm.) wide, 12ft.6¾in. (383cm.) high including cornice. For any further details please contact the department.