Caption

Quran lectern rahla, Islamic art, Turkish, Ottoman dynasty 1299–1922; Quran lectern decorated with arabesques, geometric ornament, rosettes, lotus/tulip motif; 19th century, Turkey; piece of furniture; unfolded: height 50.6 cm, width 91.5 cm, depth 21.3 cm, weight 1.7 kg; folded: height 80.5 cm, width 21.3 cm, weight 1.7 kg., A tall, narrow carved wooden panel with a dark brown surface featuring intricate floral and geometric relief patterns and openwork sections; several small white star-shaped inlays are set within the carved designs, creating contrast against the dark wood; the panel shows a hinged top section with carved borders and repeating motifs, and the lower portion includes flowing vine-like openwork and pointed feet; the overall colors visible are dark brown wood, white inlays, and a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_439

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.1Mb (1.3Mb) / 7.6in x 20.0in / 2277 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Quran lectern rahla Islamic art Turkish Ottoman dynasty 1299–1922 Quran lectern decorated arabesques geometric ornament rosettes lotus tulip motif 19th century Turkey piece furniture unfolded height 50.6 cm width 91.5 cm depth 21.3 cm weight 1.7 kg folded height 80.5 cm width 21.3 cm tall narrow carved wooden panel dark brown surface featuring intricate floral geometric relief patterns openwork sections several small white star-shaped inlays set within carved designs creating contrast dark wood panel hinged top section carved borders repeating motifs lower portion includes flowing vine- openwork pointed feet colors visible dark brown wood white inlays neutral gray background.