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Salon de Damas

dated 1119 AH/1707 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 461
Le salon de Damas provient d’une résidence syrienne cossue de l’époque ottomane (1516–1918). Suivant la coutume islamique, ces pièces étaient réservées au maître de maison et à ses invités. L’antichambre est ornée d’une fontaine sertie dans un pavement de marbre aux riches couleurs. Les luxueux lambris de bois peints, de même que les volets et les portes d’armoires, sont ornés de motifs en relief, d’inscriptions poétiques en arabe et de frises architectoniques. Les niches ouvertes servaient à ranger livres et autres objets. Une lumière tamisée pénétrait par les vitraux des fenêtres en stuc, placées en hauteur, tandis qu’une brise fraîche entrait par les ouvertures grillagées, plus basses.

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  • Titre: Salon de Damas
  • Date: Daté de 1119 de l'hégire / 1707 apr. J.-C.)
  • Aire géographique: Syrie, Damas
  • Technique: Bois, marbre, stuc, verre, nacre, carreaux de céramique, pierre, fer, cuivre, glaçures et peintures, or
  • Dimensions: 6,71 x 5,1 x 8 m
  • Crédits: Don de The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, 1970
  • Accession Number: 1970.17
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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