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IG_322: Replica of a stucco and glass window with star ornamentation
(BE_Oberhofen_SchlossOberhofen_Selamlik_IG_322)

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Title

Replica of a stucco and glass window with star ornamentation

Type of Object
Artist / Producer
Studio
Dating
1854
Dimensions
37.5 x 35 cm (sight size)
Location
Place
Selamlik, South side, s I
Inventory

Iconography

Description

Colourless and coloured pieces of glass set in lead. The outside of the colourless glass has a satin finish, the inside is painted with a thin wash of glass-paint. Some of the blue pieces of glass show parallel elongated bubbles, which are characteristic feature of broad-sheet glass. To stabilize the stained glass, an iron rod was tied to the panel.

Iconclass Code
48A981 · ornament ~ geometric motifs
48A9815 · ornament ~ starforms
Iconclass Keywords

Technique / State

State of Conservation and Restorations

Complete replacement of the lead and partial replacement of the glass during the latest restoration, in 2012.

Technique

Colourless and coloured glass pieces set in lead. The outside of the colourless glass has a satin finish. Some of the blue glass pieces show parallel elongated bubbles, which are characteristic feature of broad sheet glass. To stabilize the stained glass, an iron rod was tied to the panel.

History

Research

The design of the two panels of this window shows a colour variation of the composition of the neigbouring panels (IG_323), which faithfully reproduce a qamariyya drawn by the Bernese architect and draughtsman Theodor Zeerleder (1820–1868) in the sheikh’s house in Cairo (IG_471) during his journeys to Egypt in 1848 and 1849/1850 (Bäbler/Bätschmann, 2006, pp. 57–80; Giese, 2015, p. 38).

The stained-glass panels show a slightly modified version of the flower and star ornamentation documented in several of the stucco and glass windows studied from Egypt (see for instance IG_12, IG_38, IG_167, IG_171, IG_186)… More

Dating
1854
Original Donor

Count Albert de Pourtalès (1812-1861)

Previous Location
Place of Manufacture

Bibliography and Sources

Exhibitions

18.5.2024–1.9.2024: Luminosité de l’Orient, Vitromusée Romont

Image Information

Name of Image
BE_Oberhofen_SchlossOberhofen_Selamlik_IG_322

Inventory

Reference Number
IG_322
Author and Date of Entry
Francine Giese 2024; Sarah Keller 2024

Linked Objects and Images

Linked Objects
Buntes Fenster im Hause des Schechs
Additional Images
Schloss Oberhofen, Selamlik
Schloss Oberhofen, Selamlik, drawing by Theodor Zeerleder
Schloss, türkischer Rauchsalon, Projekt, Längs- und Querschnitt