Illustrative model — an approximation, not a scan of the original object.
c. 1670 – 1700
Mashrabiya Screen
The record dates it 1670–1700; its summary suggests the eighteenth century.
- Material
- Carved and hand-turned wood
- Dimensions
- H. 46.5 cm, W. 32 cm
- Findspot
- From Cairo
- Discovery
- Entered the museum’s collection in 1871, part of a group of Egyptian woodwork assembled between 1869 and 1884.
- Held by
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Inventory number
- 1480-1871
A square panel of small hand-turned wooden pieces fitted together. Mashrabiyas covered the projecting windows of Cairo houses, letting in air and light while blocking the view from outside.
Certainty: Probable
The museum suggests this panel was the door of a built-in cupboard in a house.
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London “Turned wood screen (mashrabiyya), 1480-1871” collections.vam.ac.uk