Caption

Quran lectern rahla, 19th century, Qajar dynasty 1785–1925, Iran; Persian; Islamic art; geometric ornament; stands; piece of furniture; function: lectern for the Quran; unfolded: length 21.5 cm, width 41.4 cm; folded: length 41.5 cm, width 16.5 cm., A decorative folding wooden book stand painted with intricate repeating geometric and floral patterns in brown, dark green, red, white, and gold holds an open aged book with cream-colored pages; the stand has a pair of crossed slotted panels with carved supports and visible edges showing red and white bordering, and the background is a smooth light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_462

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.0Mb (3.0Mb) / 20.0in x 14.9in / 6000 x 4483 (300dpi)

Keywords

Quran lectern rahla 19th century Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 Iran Persian Islamic art geometric ornament stands piece furniture function lectern Quran unfolded length 21.5 cm width 41.4 cm folded length 41.5 cm width 16.5 cm decorative folding wooden book stand painted intricate repeating geometric floral patterns brown dark green red white gold holds open aged book cream-colored pages pair crossed slotted panels carved supports visible edges showing white bordering background smooth light gray.