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NM 0117/1899 :: stamped and gilded leather bookbinding

Object description

Envelope binding. Exterior face of cover, black leather, in the central panel, stamped central medallion, axial pendants, croner quadrants and the background is all covered with a profusion of floral scrolls organized in different arabesque pattern. As in the case of the al-Sabah-binding, a horizontal line of impression is the trace that half the field was stamped with a large mold, then reversed to be symmetrical on the other half. Borders, stamped with inscriptional cartouches, probably qur’ânic verses.

Interior face, gound of pale brown leather, decorated with polychrome central medallion and corner pieces rendered in gilded paper filigree.

Data elements
References (4)

Inventory number

NM 0117/1899

Serie nummer

12343

Object

stamped and gilded leather bookbinding

Place - Findspot

Turkey or Iran, ref. comments

Material

Leather

Acquisition

Purchased with governmental means from the collection of F.R. Martin according to the royal letter from the 4/11/1898. N°s 0046-0160/1899, total price 4.869 SEK, registered 29/8/1899.

Description, Swedish

Bokband i läder, 1500-tal.

Description

Interior face, gound of pale brown leather, decorated with polychrome central medallion and corner pieces rendered in gilded paper filigree.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

c. 1575-1600 AD

Name - Collected by

Martin, Fredrik Robert (1868-05-08 - 1933-04-19), art dealer, collector

Source - http: libris.kb.se, collections.smvk.se, sok.riksarkivet.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Comments

According to Atil 1990, this binding provenes from Iran mid-16trh century, but according to the comments from F. R. Martin, this is Turkey, late 16th century.

Binding said to be from Qur’ân. Inside written Constantionopel 1897.23.

NegNo

NM 0117_1899(1)

Cf Publications

ed. Atil, E., Islamic Art & Patronage, Traeasures from Kuwait, The al-Sabah Collection, Organized and circulated by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington D.C., New York 1990, pp. 232-33, n° 72.

Loan out - Previously

2023.0001, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

PhotoNegNo

1783F-1786F

Length / Längd

36,5 cm

Dimensions

L. 36,5 cm, W. 23,7 cm.

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002

Condition

Back is missing, exterior gilding worn in the outer parts.

Original register

Islam

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