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IG_166: Bipartite stucco and glass window with flowers in a vase and flower and star motif
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Title

Bipartite stucco and glass window with flowers in a vase and flower and star motif

Type of Object
Artist / Producer
Place of Manufacture
Dating
Early 12th–early 14th century AH / 18th–19th century AD

Iconography

Description

This rectangular stucco and glass window consists of two motifs, one above the other.

The upper part of the panel shows five flowers in bloom in a vase; the motif is mirrored along the central axis. Despite the stylized depiction of the flowers, carnations and tulips can easily be recognized. The vase is worked out in relief against a perforated background. It is framed by a polylobed arch lined by small round holes. The spandrels above the arch show a simple geometric ornamentation composed of squares and triangles… More

Iconclass Code
25G41 · flowers
25G41(CARNATION) · flowers: carnation
25G41(TULIP) · flowers: tulip
41A6711 · flowers in a vase
48A981 · ornament ~ geometric motifs
48A9815 · ornament ~ starforms
48A9833 · flowers ~ ornament
Iconclass Keywords

Technique / State

State of Conservation and Restorations

The stucco and glass window is preserved in its original wooden frame. The latticework is mostly intact. There are some losses to the vase and tulip in the centre. About 30% of the pieces of glass are missing – mostly larger pieces in the spandrels above the arch and in the petals around the flower and star motif.

The comparison of the present window with a photograph of it from 1897 suggests that it has been restored, possibly shortly before or after entering the collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm in 1899… More

Technique

Latticework carved into a rectangular stucco panel and inlaid with pieces of colourless and coloured sheet glass. The pieces of glass are fixed on the back of the lattice with a thin layer of gypsum plaster. The thickness of the stucco panel is c.27mm; the plaster layer embedding the pieces of glass has an average thickness of 2mm.

The design of the latticework has three levels: the top level (level 0) comprises the contour line of the polylobe arch of the upper motif and the contour of the round frame of the lower motif… More

History

Research

This stucco and glass window is a rare example of a completely preserved specimen, where the individual motifs that traditionally make up such windows have not been cut apart. Both motifs are standard for the qamariyyāt that were widespread in Egypt during the Ottoman period. The upper motif stands out from the majority of windows of the same type, on account of the precise cutting of the latticework. It shows flowers in a vase, a widespread motif in Islamic decorative arts across numerous media, such as ceramics, wood panelling, wall paintings, textiles, and stucco and glass windows, and over a long period of time, in both sacred and profane contexts… More

Dating
Early 12th–early 14th century AH / 18th–19th century AD
Period
1700 – 1899
Previous Location
Place of Manufacture
Owner

since 1899 Nationalmuseum of Stockholm, deposit at the Medelhavsmuseet Stockholm

Previous Owner

Frederik Robert Martin, ?-1898

Inventory Number
NM 0127/1899

Bibliography and Sources

Literature

(1897). F. R. Martins Sammlung aus dem Orient in der Allgemeinen Kunst- und Industrie-Ausstellung zu Stockholm 1897,Königl. Buchdruckerei P. A. Norstedt & Söner.

Herz M. (1902). Le musée national du Caire. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 28(3), 45–59.

Exhibitions

1897: General Art and Industrial Exposition, Stockholm / Since 2013 exhibited in the section "Egypt" at Medelhavsmuseet Stockholm.

Image Information

Name of Image
SWE_Stockholm_Medelhavsmuseet_IG_166
Credits
© Medelhavsmuseet, Box 16008, S-10321 Stockholm, Sweden. Fotograf/Photographer Ove Kaneberg.
Date
2014
Owner

since 1899 Nationalmuseum of Stockholm, deposit at the Medelhavsmuseet Stockholm

Inventory

Reference Number
IG_166
Author and Date of Entry
Francine Giese 2024; Franziska Niemand 2024; Sophie Wolf 2024

Linked Objects and Images

Linked Objects
Exhibition view of display case 9 in F. R. Martin's collection at the General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm 1897