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Description: | Stand for cabinets, gilded pine carved with gothic columns and tracery, birds, mice and islamic domes and set with small panels of mirrored glass and richly embroidered Indian velvet, the whole set on an inlaid marble base. The embroidered panel is embroidered with a central panel depiciting a mosque. Names of the family of the Mohammed are repeated round around the mosque: Fatima (daughter of Mohammed) Ali Abitale (Mohammed's son in law) Hussein and Hassan, Fatima's sons. There are also depictions of peacocks, deer and other animals.
Technique: carving
Technique: painting
Technique: gilding
Technique: embroidery
Technique: zardozi embroidery
Material: wood
Material: pine
Material: velvet
stand & cabinet stand by William Burges, 1873 (about), (1996.115). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.10075 | Go to resource |
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