Caption

Quran lectern rahla, Islamic art, Persian art, Qajar dynasty 1785–1925, geometric ornament, stands, rahla, Quran, Persian culture, 19th century, Iran, piece of furniture; unfolded: length 21.5 cm, width 41.4 cm; folded: length 41.5 cm, width 16.5 cm., A rectangular carved object with intricate repeating geometric inlay patterns covering most surfaces, showing a central diamond motif framed by concentric decorative borders on the left panel and a matching patterned right panel with a cutout section and a raised diamond element; the design uses a palette of brown, dark green, black, cream, gold, and red tones, with some worn areas and slight variations in color intensity, set against a neutral light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_456

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Rights managed

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57.3Mb (4.2Mb) / 20.0in x 11.1in / 6000 x 3338 (300dpi)

Keywords

Quran lectern rahla Islamic art Persian art Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 geometric ornament stands rahla Quran Persian culture 19th century Iran piece furniture unfolded length 21.5 cm width 41.4 cm folded length 41.5 cm width 16.5 cm rectangular carved object intricate repeating geometric inlay patterns covering surfaces showing central diamond motif framed concentric decorative borders left panel matching patterned right panel cutout section raised diamond element design uses palette brown dark green black cream gold red tones worn areas slight variations color intensity set neutral light gray background.