MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Painted Leather Fragment - Walters 73106.jpg This is a fragment of a flat leather object It may have been a book cover but since no trace of boards or backing survives this is problematic The design was an all-over pattern of ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Painted Leather Fragment - Walters 73106.jpg This is a fragment of a flat leather object It may have been a book cover but since no trace of boards or backing survives this is problematic The design was an all-over pattern of contiguous circles painted in green with yellow outlines upon a deep red ground A palmette was framed in each circle and a stylized floral design filled the interstices A broad border used a beaded edging abnd stylized acanthus leaves painted in yellow outline century 7 9 leather cm 20 20 accession number 73 106 23722 Cairo Dr Richard Ettinghausen date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Dr Richard Ettinghausen 1952 The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A D Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1957-1958 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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