Bookbinding

Object Details

• Description

  Slightly damaged. Decoration: gold tooling and stamped arabesques against gold grounds in sunken medallions, pendants, spandrils and wide borders.

• Provenance

  To 1929

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), New York, New York. [1]

  From 1929

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York, New York in April, 1929. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1. Also, see sales receipt in the Accession File, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Turkish Art (May 26, 1982 to June 24, 1982)

  Turkish Art (November 1, 1980 to May 25, 1982)

  Turkish Art—Special Exhibition (August 1 to December 19, 1973)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Book

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1500s

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Topic

  Art, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Leatherwork

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Books