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Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style'

9th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 451
This carved pair (with 31.119.2) of teak doors imported into Iraq from Southeast Asia is probably from a royal or domestic residence. They epitomize the Beveled style—a symmetrical, abstract, vegetal form—and were probably originally painted and highlighted with gilding. The doors are said to have been found at Takrit, but were probably originally made in Samarra, the palace city of the Abbasid caliphs for a brief time in the mid‑ninth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style'
  • Date: 9th century
  • Geography: Found Iraq, probably Takrit. From Iraq, probably Samarra
  • Medium: Wood (teak); carved
  • Dimensions: H. 86 1/2 in. (221 cm)
    W. 20 1/4 in (51.4 cm)
    Combined W. 41 1/4 in (104.8 cm)
    D. 1 1/2 in.
    Wt. 165 lbs. (74.8 kg) weight includes 31.119.1, 31.1192 and wooden mount without plexi. mount is probably half of this weight.
  • Classification: Wood
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1931
  • Object Number: 31.119.1
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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