Bookbinding

Object Details

• Description

  Dark brown leather on pasteboard; stained, otherwise damaged, and with a few worm holes. Lining, of lighter brown leather, worm-eaten. Decoration: in blind and gold tooling.

• Provenance

  To 1930

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

  From 1930

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

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)

  Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Book

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Leatherwork

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Books